Opinions from M. Riedman 1990

  • 'Arctocephalina was reranked as the subfamily Arctocephalinae and belongs to Otariidae'
  • 'Arctocephalus belongs to Arctocephalinae'
  • 'Arctocephalus forsteri belongs to Arctocephalus'
  • 'Arctocephalus galapagoensis belongs to Arctocephalus'
  • 'Arctocephalus gazella belongs to Arctocephalus'
  • 'Arctocephalus hookeri is recombined as Phocarctos hookeri'
  • 'Arctocephalus townsendi belongs to Arctocephalus'
  • 'Callorhinus belongs to Arctocephalinae'
  • 'Cystophora belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Erignathus belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Eumetopias belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Gypsophoca tropicalis is recombined as Arctocephalus tropicalis'
  • 'Halichoerus belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Hydrurga belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Leptonychotes belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Lobodon belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Mirounga belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Mirounga angustirostris belongs to Mirounga'
  • 'Monachinae belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Monachus belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Neophoca belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Odobaenidae is corrected as Odobenidae and belongs to Otarioidea'
  • 'Odobenus belongs to Odobenidae'
  • 'Ommatophoca belongs to Monachinae'
  • 'Ommatophoca rossii is corrected as Ommatophoca rossi and belongs to Ommatophoca'
  • 'Otaria belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Otaria (Arctophoca) philippii is recombined as Arctocephalus philippii'
  • 'Arctocephalus australis is a subjective synonym of Neophoca cinerea'
  • 'Otaria byronia belongs to Otaria'
  • 'Otaria californiana is recombined as Zalophus californianus'
  • 'Otaria cinerea is recombined as Neophoca cinerea'
  • 'Otaria weddellii is recombined as Leptonychotes weddelli'
  • 'Otariina was reranked as the family Otariidae and belongs to Otarioidea'
  • 'Otariinae belongs to Otariidae'
  • 'Otarioidea belongs to Pinnipedia'
  • 'Phoca belongs to Phocinae'
  • 'Phoca barbata is recombined as Erignathus barbatus'
  • 'Phoca carcinophaga is recombined as Lobodon carcinophaga'
  • 'Phoca caspica belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca cristata is recombined as Cystophora cristata'
  • 'Phoca fasciata belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca groenlandica belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca grypus is recombined as Halichoerus grypus'
  • 'Phoca hispida belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca jubata is recombined as Eumetopias jubatus'
  • 'Phoca largha belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca leonina is recombined as Mirounga leonina'
  • 'Phoca leptonyx is recombined as Hydrurga leptonyx'
  • 'Phoca monachus is recombined as Monachus monachus'
  • 'Phoca pusilla is recombined as Arctocephalus pusillus'
  • 'Phoca rosmarus is recombined as Odobenus rosmarus'
  • 'Phoca schauinslandi is recombined as Monachus schauinslandi'
  • 'Phoca tropicalis is recombined as Monachus tropicalis'
  • 'Phoca ursina is recombined as Callorhinus ursinus'
  • 'Phoca vitulina belongs to Phoca'
  • 'Phoca vitulina sibirica is recombined as Phoca sibirica'
  • 'Phocadae is corrected as Phocidae and belongs to Phocoidea'
  • 'Phocarctos belongs to Otariinae'
  • 'Phocinae belongs to Phocidae'
  • 'Phocoidea belongs to Pinnipedia'
  • 'Rosmarus arcticus is recombined as Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus'
  • 'Trichechus divergens is recombined as Odobenus rosmarus divergens'
  • 'Zalophus belongs to Otariinae'