Eared seal

Otariidae
An Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Otariidae Gray, 1825

An eared seal or otariid is Phocidae's family Otariidae.

Taxonomy

• Family Otariidae (Eared seals)
  • Genus Arctocephalus (Fur seals)
  • Genus Callorhinus
    • Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
  • Genus Eumetopias
    • Steller Sea Lion or Northern Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
  • Genus Neophoca
    • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea)
  • Genus Otaria
    • South American sea lion or Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia)
    • †Otaria fischeri
  • Genus Phocarctos
    • New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)
  • Genus Zalophus
    • California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

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