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Low-Frequency Sound and Marine Mammals: Current Knowledge and Research Needs (1994)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)

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TABLE B-2 Marine Mammals (Pinnipeds, Otters, Polar Bears) of the Order Carnivora

Family, genus, species

Common name

Family Otariidae of suborder Pinnipedia

 

Eumetopias jubatus

Steller sea lion, northern sea lion

Zalophus californianus **

California sea lion

Otaria flavescens

South American sea lion

Neophoca cinerea

Australian sea lion

Phocartos hookeri

New Zealand sea lion

Callorhinus ursinus **

northern fur seal

Arctocephalus townsendi *

Guadalupe fur seal

Arctocephalus philippii *

Juan Fernández fur seal

Arctocephalus galapagoensis

Galápalgos fur seal

Arctocephalus australis

South American fur seal

Arctocephalus pusillus

Cape fur seal, South African fur seal, Tasmanian fur seal, Victorian fur seal

Arctocephalus forsteri

New Zealand fur seal, West Australian fur seal

Arctocephalus gazella

Kerguelen fur seal, Antarctic fur seal

Arctocephalus tropicalis

Amsterdam Island fur seal

Family Odobenidae of suborder

 

Pinnipedia

 

Odobenus rosmarus

walrus

Family Phocidae of suborder

 

Pinnipedia

 

Phoca vitulina **

harbor seal

Phoca largha

larga seal, spotted seal

Phoca hispida **

ringed seal

Phoca sibirica

Caspian seal

Phoca groenlandica **

harp seal, Greenland seal

Phoca fasciata

ribbon seal

Erignathus barbatus

bearded seal

Cystophora cristata

hooded seal, bladdernose seal

Halichoerus grypus **

gray seal

Monachus monachus *

Mediterranean monk seal

Monachus tropicalis ***

West Indian monk seal, Caribbean monk seal

Monachus schauinslandi * **

Hawaiian monk seal

Mirounga leonina

southern elephant seal

Mirounga angustirostris

northern elephant seal

Lobodon carcinophagus

crabeater seal

Ommatophoca rossii

Ross seal

Hydrurga leptonyx

leopard seal

Leptonychotes weddelli

Weddell seal

Family Mustelidae

 

Lutra felina *

Chungungo, marine otter, gato marino

Enhydra lutris

sea otter

Family Ursidae

 

Ursus maritimus

polar bear

NOTES: The otters and bear listed in this table are regarded as marine mammals. Of course, most bears and otters are carnivores but not marine mammals.

* = endangered species; ** = species for which some audiometric data are available; *** = extinct species.

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