Opinions from I. Koretsky 2001

  • 'Acrophoca belongs to Lobodontini'
  • 'Acrophoca longirostris belongs to Acrophoca'
  • 'Arctoidea was reranked as a infraorder and belongs to Caniformia'
  • 'Callophoca belongs to Monachini'
  • 'Callophoca obscura belongs to Callophoca'
  • 'Caniformia belongs to Carnivora'
  • 'Cryptophoca belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Cystophora belongs to Cystophorinae'
  • 'Cystophorina is corrected as Cystophorinae and belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Erignathini belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Erignathus belongs to Erignathini'
  • 'Gryphoca belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Gryphoca similis belongs to Gryphoca'
  • 'Halichoerus belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Histriophoca belongs to Histriophocina'
  • 'Histriophoca alekseevi belongs to Histriophoca'
  • 'Histriophocina belongs to Phocini'
  • 'Homiphoca belongs to Lobodontini'
  • 'Hydrurga belongs to Lobodontini'
  • 'Leptonychotes belongs to Lobodontini'
  • 'Leptophoca belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Leptophoca lenis belongs to Leptophoca'
  • 'Lobodon belongs to Lobodontini'
  • 'Lobodontini belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Mesotaria ambigua is a subjective synonym of Callophoca obscura'
  • 'Messiphoca belongs to Monachini'
  • 'Messiphoca mauretanica belongs to Messiphoca'
  • 'Miophoca belongs to Cystophorinae'
  • 'Miophoca vetusta belongs to Miophoca'
  • 'Mirounga belongs to Cystophorinae'
  • 'Mirounga angustirostris belongs to Mirounga'
  • 'Monachinae belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Monachini belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Monachopsis belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Monachus belongs to Monachini'
  • 'Monotherium belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Monotherium aberratum belongs to Monotherium'
  • 'Monotherium affine belongs to Monotherium'
  • 'Monotherium delognii belongs to Monotherium'
  • 'Monotherium maeotica is a subjective synonym of Cryptophoca maeotica'
  • 'Ommatophoca belongs to Lobodontini'
  • 'Ommatophoca rossii [misspelled as Ommatophoca rossi] belongs to Ommatophoca'
  • 'Otaria weddellii is recombined as Leptonychotes weddelli' according to Gill 1872
  • 'Otaria weddellii is recombined as Leptonychotes weddelli'
  • 'Pagophilus belongs to Histriophocina'
  • 'Periptychus argentinus is recombined as Properiptychus argentinus'
  • 'Phoca belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Phoca barbata is recombined as Erignathus barbatus'
  • 'Phoca bessarabica belongs to Phoca' according to Simonescu 1925
  • 'Phoca bessarabica is an invalid subgroup of Phocidae'
  • 'Phoca carcinophaga is recombined as Lobodon carcinophagus'
  • 'Phoca caspica is recombined as Pusa caspica'
  • 'Phoca cristata is recombined as Cystophora cristata'
  • 'Phoca fasciata is recombined as Histriophoca fasciata'
  • 'Phoca groenlandica is recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica'
  • 'Phoca grypus is recombined as Halichoerus grypus'
  • 'Phoca hispida is recombined as Pusa hispida'
  • 'Phoca holitschensis is a subjective synonym of Praepusa vindobonensis'
  • 'Phoca holitschensis [misspelled as Phoca halithensis] belongs to Phoca' according to Alekseev 1942
  • 'Phoca halithensis is a misspelling of Phoca holitschensis'
  • 'Phoca holitschensis [misspelled as Phoca holitchensis] belongs to Phoca' according to King 1964
  • 'Phoca holitchensis is a misspelling of Phoca holitschensis'
  • 'Phoca insularis is a subjective synonym of Phoca largha'
  • 'Phoca insularis belongs to Phoca' according to Belkin 1964
  • 'Phoca largha belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca leonina is recombined as Mirounga leonina'
  • 'Phoca leptonyx is recombined as Hydrurga leptonyx'
  • 'Phoca maeotica is recombined as Cryptophoca maeotica'
  • 'Phoca monachus is recombined as Monachus monachus'
  • 'Phoca novorossica is an invalid subgroup of Phocidae'
  • 'Phoca pontica is recombined as Monachopsis pontica'
  • 'Phoca sarmatica is recombined as Pontophoca sarmatica'
  • 'Phoca schauinslandi is recombined as Monachus schauinslandi'
  • 'Phoca tropicalis is recombined as Monachus tropicalis'
  • 'Phoca viennensis is a subjective synonym of Praepusa vindobonensis'
  • 'Phoca viennensis antiqua belongs to Phoca viennensis' according to Blainville 1842
  • 'Phoca viennensis antiqua is an invalid subgroup of Praepusa vindobonensis'
  • 'Phoca vindobonensis is recombined as Praepusa vindobonensis'
  • 'Phoca vitulina belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca vitulina sibirica belongs to Phoca vitulina' according to Gmelin 1788
  • 'Phoca vitulina sibirica belongs to Phoca vitulina'
  • 'Phoca vitulinoides belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca wymani is recombined as Monotherium wymani'
  • 'Phocadae is corrected as Phocidae and belongs to Phocoidea'
  • 'Phocanella belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Phocanella minor is a subjective synonym of Phocanella pumila'
  • 'Phocinae belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Phocini belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Phocinina belongs to Phocini'
  • 'Phocoidea belongs to Arctoidea'
  • 'Piscophoca belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Piscophoca pacifica belongs to Piscophoca'
  • 'Platyphoca belongs to Erignathini'
  • 'Platyphoca vulgaris belongs to Platyphoca'
  • 'Pliophoca belongs to Monachini'
  • 'Pliophoca etrusca belongs to Pliophoca'
  • 'Pontophoca belongs to Monachini'
  • 'Praepusa belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Praepusa pannonica belongs to Praepusa'
  • 'Praepusa tarchankutica is a subjective synonym of Praepusa vindobonensis'
  • 'Prionodelphis capensis is recombined as Homiphoca capensis'
  • 'Properiptychus belongs to Monachini'
  • 'Prophoca belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Prophoca proxima belongs to Prophoca'
  • 'Prophoca rousseaui is recombined as Monotherium rousseaui'
  • 'Pusa belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Sarmatonectes belongs to Phocinina'
  • 'Sarmatonectes sintsovi belongs to Sarmatonectes'