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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; Question?
  • P. v. concolor West Atlantic harbor seal LC IUCN; 60,000; Question?
  • P. v. mellonae Freshwater seal EN IUCN; 50; Question?
  • P. v. richardii North Pacific harbor seal LC IUCN; 190,000; Increase
  • P. v. stejnegeri Kuril Island seal DD IUCN; unknown; Question?
LC IUCN; 315,000; Question?
Spotted seal
Common names
    • Larga seal
Phoca largha
Pallas, 1811
LC IUCN; 320,000; Question?
Ringed seal Pusa hispida
von Schreber, 1775
  • P. h. hispida LC IUCN; 1,450,000; Question?
  • P. h. botnica Baltic seal LC IUCN; 11,500; Increase
  • P. h. ladogensis Ladoga seal VU IUCN; 3,000–4,500; Increase
  • P. h. ochotensis Okhosk ringed seal LC IUCN; 60,000; Question?
  • P. h. saimensis Saimaa ringed seal EN IUCN; 135–190; Increase
LC IUCN 1,500,000; Question?\
Caspian seal Pusa caspica
Gmelin, 1788
EN IUCN; 68,000; Question? Turkmenistani stamp
Baikal seal Pusa sibirica
Gmelin, 1788
LC IUCN; 54,000; Steady
Ribbon seal Histriophoca fasciata
Zimmermann, 1783
LC IUCN; 183,000; Question?
Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
Erxleben, 1777
LC IUCN; 4,500,000; Increase
Gray seal Halichoerus grypus
Fabricius, 1791
  • H. g. grypus LC IUCN; 250,000; Increase
  • H. g. macrorhynchus LC IUCN; 66,000; Increase
LC IUCN; 316,000; Increase
Female left, male right
Hooded seal Cystophora cristata
Erxleben, 1777
VU IUCN; 340,000; Question?
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus
Erxleben, 1777
  • E. b. barbatus Atlantic bearded seal LC IUCN; >190,000[a]; Question?
  • E. b. nautilus Pacific bearded seal LC IUCN; 200,000; Question?
LC IUCN; unknown; Question?
Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii
Lesson, 1826
LC IUCN; 300,000; Question?
Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx
de Blainville, 1820
LC IUCN; 18,000; Question?
Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga
Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842
LC IUCN; 4,000,000; Question?
Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii
Gray, 1844
LC IUCN; 40,000; Question?
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina
Linnaeus, 1758
LC IUCN; 325,000; Steady
Male top, female bottom
Northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris
Gill, 1866
LC IUCN; 110,000; Increase

Breeding range in dark blue

Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus
Hermann, 1799
EN IUCN; 350–450; Increase
Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi
Matschie, 1905
EN IUCN; 632; Decrease
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; Decrease
Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi
Merriam, 1897
LC IUCN;[b] 10,000; Increase
Breeding range in dark blue
Juan Fernández fur seal Arctocephalus philippii
Peters, 1866
LC IUCN[c]; 16,000; Increase
Galápagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Heller, 1904
EN IUCN; 10,000; Decrease
New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
Lesson, 1828
LC IUCN; 100,000; Increase
Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis Gray, 1872 LC IUCN; 200,000; Steady
Brown fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus
von Schreber, 1775
  • A. p. pusillus Cape fur seal LC IUCN; 1,000,000; Increase
  • A. p. doriferus Tasmanian fur seal LC IUCN; 60,000; Increase
LC IUCN; 1,060,000; Increase
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; Question?
  • Unnamed Peruvian fur seal VU IUCN 10,500; Question?
  • A. a. gracilis Falkland Island fur seal, unrecognized by IUCN
LC IUCN; 109,500; Increase
Northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus
Linnaeus, 1758
VU IUCN; 650,000; Decrease
Breeding range in dark blue
Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea
Péron, 1816
EN IUCN; 6,500; Decrease
Breeding range in dark blue
New Zealand sea lion
List of synonyms
    • Hooker's sea lion
Phocarctos hookeri
Gray, 1844
EN IUCN; 3,031; Decrease
California sea lion Zalophus californianus
Lesson, 1828
LC IUCN; 180,000; Increase
Breeding range in dark blue, Galápagos sea lion in red
Galápagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki
Sivertsen, 1953
EN IUCN; 9,200–10,600; Decrease


Male top, female bottom

Japanese sea lion Zalophus japonicus
Peters, 1866
EX IUCN
South American sea lion Otaria byronia[d]
de Blainville
LC IUCN; 222,500; Steady
Steller sea lion
List
    • Northern sea lion
Eumetopias jubatus
von Schreber, 1776
  • E. j. jubatus Western Steller sea lion LC IUCN; 40,409; Increase
  • E. j. monteriensis Eastern Steller sea lion LC IUCN; 40,919; Increase
NT IUCN; 81,327; Increase
Family Odobenidae
Common name Scientific name Subspecies Conservation status Range Picture
Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
Linnaeus, 1758
VU IUCN; 112,500; Question?

Notes

  1. ^ 190,000 is the population in Canadian waters, but the population is unknown in Greenlandic and Norwegian waters
  2. ^ This species was declared extinct until 1954
  3. ^ This species was declared extinct until 1965
  4. ^ Listed as O. flavescens by Mammal Species of the World and ITIS