Biology:List of pinniped species

The following is a list of the 34 pinniped species–seals, sea lions, and the walrus–organized taxonomically. Information given from left to right is the common name; the scientific name; subspecies if any, the conservation status given by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)–and a link to their species page on the IUCN website which serves as a reference for all information–the current range, and an image.

List

Tribe Pinnipedia – 5 genera, 10 species

Family Phocidae Common name Scientific name Subspecies Conservation status Range Picture Harbor seal Common names Common seal Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 P. v. vitulina East Atlantic harbor seal LC IUCN; 62,500; ? P. v. concolor West Atlantic harbor seal LC IUCN; 60,000; ? P. v. mellonae Freshwater seal EN IUCN; 50; ? P. v. richardii North Pacific harbor seal LC IUCN; 190,000; P. v. stejnegeri Kuril Island seal DD IUCN; unknown; ? LC IUCN; 315,000; ? Spotted seal Common names Larga seal Phoca largha Pallas, 1811 LC IUCN; 320,000; ? Ringed seal Pusa hispida von Schreber, 1775 P. h. hispida LC IUCN; 1,450,000; ? P. h. botnica Baltic seal LC IUCN; 11,500; P. h. ladogensis Ladoga seal VU IUCN; 3,000–4,500; P. h. ochotensis Okhosk ringed seal LC IUCN; 60,000; ? P. h. saimensis Saimaa ringed seal EN IUCN; 135–190; LC IUCN 1,500,000; ?\ Caspian seal Pusa caspica Gmelin, 1788 EN IUCN; 68,000; ? Baikal seal Pusa sibirica Gmelin, 1788 LC IUCN; 54,000; Ribbon seal Histriophoca fasciata Zimmermann, 1783 LC IUCN; 183,000; ? Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus Erxleben, 1777 LC IUCN; 4,500,000; Gray seal Halichoerus grypus Fabricius, 1791 H. g. grypus LC IUCN; 250,000; H. g. macrorhynchus LC IUCN; 66,000; LC IUCN; 316,000; Female left, male right Hooded seal Cystophora cristata Erxleben, 1777 VU IUCN; 340,000; ? Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus Erxleben, 1777 E. b. barbatus Atlantic bearded seal LC IUCN; >190,000; ? E. b. nautilus Pacific bearded seal LC IUCN; 200,000; ? LC IUCN; unknown; ? Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii Lesson, 1826 LC IUCN; 300,000; ? Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx de Blainville, 1820 LC IUCN; 18,000; ? Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842 LC IUCN; 4,000,000; ? Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii Gray, 1844 LC IUCN; 40,000; ? Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758 LC IUCN; 325,000; Male top, female bottom Northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris Gill, 1866 LC IUCN; 110,000; Breeding range in dark blue Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus Hermann, 1799 EN IUCN; 350–450; Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi Matschie, 1905 EN IUCN; 632; Caribbean monk seal Common names West Indian monk seal Neomonachus tropicalis Gray, 1850 EX IUCN

Family Otariidae Common name Scientific name Subspecies Conservation status Range Picture Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella Peters, 1875 LC IUCN; 700,000-1,000,000; Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 LC IUCN; 10,000; Breeding range in dark blue Juan Fernández fur seal Arctocephalus philippii Peters, 1866 LC IUCN; 16,000; Galápagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 EN IUCN; 10,000; New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson, 1828 LC IUCN; 100,000; Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis Gray, 1872 LC IUCN; 200,000; Brown fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus von Schreber, 1775 A. p. pusillus Cape fur seal LC IUCN; 1,000,000; A. p. doriferus Tasmanian fur seal LC IUCN; 60,000; LC IUCN; 1,060,000; Breeding range in dark blue South American fur seal Arctocephalus australis von Zimmermann, 1783 A. p. pusillus South American fur seal LC IUCN 99,000; ? Unnamed Peruvian fur seal VU IUCN 10,500; ? A. a. gracilis Falkland Island fur seal, unrecognized by IUCN LC IUCN; 109,500; Northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus, 1758 VU IUCN; 650,000; Breeding range in dark blue Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea Péron, 1816 EN IUCN; 6,500; Breeding range in dark blue New Zealand sea lion List of synonyms Hooker's sea lion Phocarctos hookeri Gray, 1844 EN IUCN; 3,031; California sea lion Zalophus californianus Lesson, 1828 LC IUCN; 180,000; Breeding range in dark blue, Galápagos sea lion in red Galápagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki Sivertsen, 1953 EN IUCN; 9,200–10,600; Male top, female bottom Japanese sea lion Zalophus japonicus Peters, 1866 EX IUCN South American sea lion Otaria byronia de Blainville LC IUCN; 222,500; Steller sea lion List Northern sea lion Eumetopias jubatus von Schreber, 1776 E. j. jubatus Western Steller sea lion LC IUCN; 40,409; E. j. monteriensis Eastern Steller sea lion LC IUCN; 40,919; NT IUCN; 81,327;

Family Odobenidae Common name Scientific name Subspecies Conservation status Range Picture Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758 O. r. rosmarus Atlantic walrus NT IUCN; 12,500; ? O. r. divergens Pacific walrus DD IUCN; 100,000; ? O. r. laptevi Not accepted by IUCN, but accepted by Mammal Species of the World and ITIS VU IUCN; 112,500; ?