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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Carnivora (carnivores)
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Suborder Caniformia (caniform carnivores)
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Family Phocidae (seals)-
Genus Cystophora (hooded seal) -
Genus Erignathus (bearded seal) -
Genus Halichoerus (gray seal)
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Genus Histriophoca (ribbon seal)
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Genus Hydrurga (leopard seal)
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Genus Leptonychotes (Weddell seal)
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Genus Lobodon (crabeater seal)
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Genus Mirounga (elephant seals)
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Genus Monachus (monk seals)
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Genus Ommatophoca (Ross seal)
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Genus Pagophilus (harp seal)
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Genus Phoca (harbor seals)
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Genus Pusa (ringed, Baikal, and Caspian seals)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
