List of pinnipeds

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
Phoca vitulina
Linnaeus, 1758
  • P. v. vitulina East Atlantic harbor seal LC IUCN; 62,500; ?
  • P. v. concolor West Atlantic harbor seal LC IUCN; 60,000; ?
  • P. v. mellonae Freshwater seal EN IUCN; 50; ?
  • P. v. richardii North Pacific harbor seal LC IUCN; 190,000;
  • P. v. stejnegeri Kuril Island seal DD IUCN; unknown; ?
 LC IUCN; 315,000; ?
Spotted seal
Phoca largha
Pallas, 1811		 LC IUCN; 320,000; ?
Ringed seal Pusa hispida
von Schreber, 1775
  • P. h. hispida LC IUCN; 1,450,000; ?
  • P. h. botnica Baltic seal LC IUCN; 11,500;
  • P. h. ladogensis Ladoga seal VU IUCN; 3,000–4,500;
  • P. h. ochotensis Okhosk ringed seal LC IUCN; 60,000; ?
  • P. h. saimensis Saimaa ringed seal EN IUCN; 135–190;
LC IUCN 1,500,000; ?\
Caspian seal Pusa caspica
Gmelin, 1788		 EN IUCN; 68,000; ?
Baikal seal Pusa sibirica
Gmelin, 1788		 LC IUCN; 54,000;
Ribbon seal Histriophoca fasciata
Zimmermann, 1783		 LC IUCN; 183,000; ?
Harp seal Pagophilus groenlandicus
Erxleben, 1777		 LC IUCN; 4,500,000;
Gray seal Halichoerus grypus
Fabricius, 1791
  • H. g. grypus LC IUCN; 250,000;
  • H. g. macrorhynchus LC IUCN; 66,000;
LC IUCN; 316,000;
Female left, male right
Hooded seal Cystophora cristata
Erxleben, 1777		 VU IUCN; 340,000; ?
Bearded seal Erignathus barbatus
Erxleben, 1777
  • E. b. nautilus Pacific bearded seal LC IUCN; 200,000; ?
 LC IUCN; unknown; ?
Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii
Lesson, 1826		 LC IUCN; 300,000; ?
Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx
de Blainville, 1820		 LC IUCN; 18,000; ?
Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga
Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842		 LC IUCN; 4,000,000; ?
Ross seal Ommatophoca rossii
Gray, 1844		 LC IUCN; 40,000; ?
Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina
Linnaeus, 1758		 LC IUCN; 325,000;
Male top, female bottom
Northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris
Gill, 1866		 LC IUCN; 110,000;

Breeding range in dark blue
Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus
Hermann, 1799		 EN IUCN; 350–450;
Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi
Matschie, 1905		 EN IUCN; 632;
Caribbean 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;
Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi
Merriam, 1897		 LC IUCN;[lower-alpha 2] 10,000;
Breeding range in dark blue
Juan Fernández fur seal Arctocephalus philippii
Peters, 1866		 LC IUCN[lower-alpha 3]; 16,000;
Galápagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Heller, 1904		 EN IUCN; 10,000;
New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalus forsteri
Lesson, 1828		 LC IUCN; 100,000;
Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis Gray, 1872 LC IUCN; 200,000;
Brown fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus
von Schreber, 1775
  • A. p. pusillus Cape fur seal LC IUCN; 1,000,000;
  • A. p. doriferus Tasmanian fur seal LC IUCN; 60,000;
LC IUCN; 1,060,000;
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; ?
  • Unnamed Peruvian fur seal VU IUCN 10,500; ?
  • A. a. gracilis Falkland Island fur seal, unrecognized by IUCN
 LC IUCN; 109,500;
Northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus
Linnaeus, 1758		 VU IUCN; 650,000;
Breeding range in dark blue
Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea
Péron, 1816		 EN IUCN; 6,500;
Breeding range in dark blue
New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri
Gray, 1844		 EN IUCN; 3,031;
California sea lion Zalophus californianus
Lesson, 1828		 LC IUCN; 180,000;
Breeding range in dark blue, Galápagos sea lion in red
Galápagos sea lion Zalophus wollebaeki
Sivertsen, 1953		 EN IUCN; 9,200–10,600;


Male top, female bottom

Japanese sea lion Zalophus japonicus
Peters, 1866		 EX IUCN
South American sea lion Otaria byronia[lower-alpha 4]
de Blainville		 LC IUCN; 222,500;
Steller sea lion
Eumetopias jubatus
von Schreber, 1776
  • E. j. jubatus Western Steller sea lion LC IUCN; 40,409;
  • E. j. monteriensis Eastern Steller sea lion LC IUCN; 40,919;
NT IUCN; 81,327;
Family Odobenidae
Common name Scientific name Subspecies Conservation status Range Picture
Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
Linnaeus, 1758		 VU IUCN; 112,500; ?

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
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