Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
  Status: extant
     Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
    Status: extant
       Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
      Status: extant
         Suborder Pinnipedia Illiger, 1811 see Parvorder Pinnipedia Illiger, 1811
        Status: extant
           Family Phocidae Gray, 1821 - true seals
          Status: extant