What is Earless seal?
{{Taxobox | name = Phocidae | image = Europäischer Seehund.jpg | image_caption = A Common Seal (''Phoca vitulina'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | subordo = [[Caniformia]] | superfamilia = [[Pinnipedia]] | familia = '''Phocidae''' | familia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821 }} [[File:Zwei junge Seehunde am Strand.jpg|thumb|Paul de Vos]] The '''earless seals''' or '''true seals''' are [[Otariidae]]'s family '''Phocidae''', one of the three [[pinniped]] families. == Taxonomy == * Family '''Phocidae''' ** Subfamily '''Monachinae''' *** Tribe '''Monachini''' **** Genus ''Monachus'' ***** [[Mediterranean Monk Seal]] (''Monachus monachus'') ***** [[Hawaiian Monk Seal]] (''Monachus schauinslandi'') ***** [[Caribbean Monk Seal]] (''Monachus tropicalis'') † **** Genus ''Mirounga'': [[Elephant seal]]s ***** [[Northern Elephant Seal]] (''Mirounga angustirostris'') ***** [[Southern Elephant Seal]] (''Mirounga leonina'') *** Tribe '''Lobodontini''' **** Genus ''Ommatophoca'' ***** [[Ross Seal]] (''Ommatophoca rossii'') **** Genus ''Lobodon'' ***** [[Crabeater Seal]] (''Lobodon carcinophagus'') **** Genus ''Hydrurga'' ***** [[Leopard seal|Leopard Seal]] (''Hydrurga leptonyx'') **** Genus ''Leptonychotes'' ***** [[Weddell Seal]] (''Leptonychotes weddellii'') ** Subfamily '''Phocinae''' *** Genus ''Cystophora'' **** [[Hooded Seal]] (''Cystophora cristata'') *** Genus ''Erignathus'' **** [[Bearded Seal]] (''Erignathus barbatus'') *** Genus ''Histriophoca'' **** [[Ribbon Seal]] (''Histriophoca fasciata'') *** Genus ''Phoca'' **** [[Spotted Seal]] (''Phoca largha'') **** [[Common Seal]] or Harbor Seal (''Phoca vitulina'') **** [[Harp Seal]] (''Phoca groenlandica'', formerly ''Pagophilus groenlandicus'') *** Genus ''Pusa'' **** [[Ringed Seal]] (''Pusa hispida'', formerly ''Phoca hispida'') **** [[Caspian Seal]] (''Pusa caspica'', formerly ''Phoca caspica'') **** [[Nerpa]] or Baikal Seal (''Pusa sibirica'', formerly ''Phoca sibirica'') *** Genus '