Family Phocidae Gray 1821 (seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Phocoidea according to A. Hafed et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Phocadae
Subtaxa: none
Type: Phoca
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore