PBDB

Opinions from J. A. Allen 1880

'Arctocephalus belongs to Otariidae'
'Arctocephalus forsteri belongs to Arctocephalus'
'Arctocephalus hookeri is recombined as Phocarctos hookeri'
'Arctocephalus lobatus is recombined as Zalophus lobatus'
'Callocephalus is a subjective synonym of Phoca'
'Callorhinus belongs to Otariidae'
'Cystophora belongs to Cystophorinae'
'Cystophorina is corrected as Cystophorinae and belongs to Phocidae'
'Erignathus belongs to Phocinae'
'Eumetopias belongs to Otariidae'
'Halichoerus belongs to Phocinae'
'Halichoerus antarcticus is a subjective synonym of Phoca (Phoca) vitulina'
'Histriophoca belongs to Phocinae'
'Macrorhinus belongs to Cystophorinae'
'Mirounga angustirostris is recombined as Macrorhinus angustirostris'
'Monachus belongs to Phocinae'
'Odobenotherium is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus'
'Odobenus is corrected as Odobaenus and belongs to Odobaenidae'
'Odontobaenus is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus'
'Otaria australis is a subjective synonym of Zalophus lobatus'
'Otaria californiana is recombined as Zalophus californianus'
'Otaria leclercii belongs to Otaria' according to Delfortrie 1872
'Otaria leclercii is a nomen dubium'
'Otaria oudriana is a nomen dubium'
'Otariina was reranked as the family Otariidae and belongs to Pinnipedia'
'Phoca belongs to Phocinae'
'Phoca antarctica is recombined as Arctocephalus antarcticus'
'Phoca barbata is recombined as Erignathus barbatus'
'Phoca caspica is recombined as Phoca (Pusa) caspica'
'Phoca cristata is recombined as Cystophora cristata'
'Phoca debilis is recombined as Squalodon debilis'
'Callocephalus dimidiatus is a subjective synonym of Phoca (Pusa) foetida'
'Phoca equestris is a subjective synonym of Histriophoca fasciata'
'Phoca fasciata is recombined as Histriophoca fasciata'
'Phoca foetida is recombined as Phoca (Pusa) foetida'
'Phoca groenlandica is recombined as Phoca (Pagophilus) groenlandica'
'Phoca grypus is recombined as Halichoerus grypus'
'Phoca modesta is recombined as Squalodon modestus'
'Phoca nautica is a subjective synonym of Erignathus barbatus'
'Phoca rosmarus is recombined as Odobaenus rosmarus'
'Phoca stelleri is recombined as Eumetopias stelleri'
'Phoca tropicalis is recombined as Monachus tropicalis'
'Phoca ursina is recombined as Callorhinus ursinus'
'Phoca vitulina is recombined as Phoca (Phoca) vitulina'
'Phocadae is corrected as Phocidae and belongs to Pinnipedia'
'Phocarctos belongs to Otariidae'
'Phocinae belongs to Phocidae'
'Rosmaridae is a subjective synonym of Odobaenidae'
'Rosmarus is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus'
'Rosmarus arcticus is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus obesus'
'Trichechidae is a subjective synonym of Odobaenidae'
'Trichechus is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus'
'Trichechus cookii is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus obesus'
'Trichechus divergens is a subjective synonym of Odobaenus obesus'
'Trichechus obesus is recombined as Odobaenus obesus'
'Zalophus belongs to Otariidae'