Table 1.
Indented taxonomy listing the 34 pinniped taxa (including the extinct Monachus tropicalis) included in the analyses.
| Pinnipedia | ||||
| Odobenidae | Walruses | |||
| Odobenus rosmarus | Walrus | |||
| Otariidae | Sea lions and fur seals | |||
| Callorhinae | ||||
| Callorhinus ursinus | Northern Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalinae/Otariinae | ||||
| Arctocephalus townsendi | Guadalupe Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus philippii | Juan Fernandez Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus galapagoensis | Galapagos Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus australis | South American Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus tropicalis | Subantarctic Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus gazella | Antarctic Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus forsteri | New Zealand Fur Seal | |||
| Arctocephalus pusillus | South African Fur Seal | |||
| Zalophus californianus | California Sea Lion | |||
| Phocarctos hookeri | Hooker's Sea Lion | |||
| Neophoca cinerea | Australian Sea Lion | |||
| Otaria byronia | Southern Sea Lion | |||
| Eumetopias jubatus | Northern Sea Lion | |||
| Phocidae | True seals | |||
| Monachinae | "Southern" true seals | |||
| Monachini | Monk seals | |||
| Monachus schauinslandi | Hawaiian Monk Seal | |||
| Monachus tropicalis† | Caribbean Monk Seal | |||
| Monachus monachus | Mediterranean Monk Seal | |||
| Miroungini | Elephant seals | |||
| Mirounga angustirostris | Northern Elephant Seal | |||
| Mirounga leonina | Southern Elephant Seal | |||
| Lobodontini | Antarctic seals | |||
| Lobodon carcinophagus | Crabeater Seal | |||
| Leptonychotes weddellii | Weddell Seal | |||
| Hydrurga leptonyx | Leopard Seal | |||
| Ommatophoca rossii | Ross Seal | |||
| Phocinae | Northern true seals | |||
| Erignathini | <no common name> | |||
| Erignathus barbatus | Bearded Seal | |||
| Cystophorini | <no common name> | |||
| Cystophora cristata | Hooded Seal | |||
| Phocini | <no common name> | |||
| Histriophocina | <no common name> | |||
| Histriophoca fasciata | Ribbon Seal | |||
| Pagophilus groenlandicus | Harp Seal | |||
| Phocina | <no common name> | |||
| Phoca largha | Largha Seal | |||
| Phoca vitulina | Harbor Seal | |||
| Pusa hispida | Ringed Seal | |||
| Pusa sibirica | Baikal Seal | |||
| Pusa caspica | Caspian Seal | |||
| Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal |