Different Species of Seals:
True Seals (Family Phocidae)
* Arctic:
* Harp Seal: (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
* Hooded Seal: (Cystophora cristata)
* Bearded Seal: (Erignathus barbatus)
* Ringed Seal: (Pusa hispida)
* Greenland Seal: (Phoca groenlandica)
* Ribbon Seal: (Histriophoca fasciata)
* Walrus: (Odobenus rosmarus)
* Spotted Seal: (Phoca largha)
* Subarctic/Temperate:
* Harbor Seal: (Phoca vitulina)
* Grey Seal: (Halichoerus grypus)
* Common Seal: (Phoca vitulina)
* Mediterranean Monk Seal: (Monachus monachus)
* Hawaiian Monk Seal: (Monachus schauinslandi)
* Antarctic:
* Crabeater Seal: (Lobodon carcinophaga)
* Leopard Seal: (Hydrurga leptonyx)
* Ross Seal: (Ommatophoca rossii)
* Weddell Seal: (Leptonychotes weddellii)
* Elephant Seal: (Mirounga leonina)
* Southern Elephant Seal: (Mirounga angustirostris)
Eared Seals (Family Otariidae)
* Northern Hemisphere:
* Steller Sea Lion: (Eumetopias jubatus)
* California Sea Lion: (Zalophus californianus)
* Northern Fur Seal: (Callorhinus ursinus)
* Australian Sea Lion: (Neophoca cinerea)
* New Zealand Sea Lion: (Phocarctos hookeri)
* Galapagos Sea Lion: (Zalophus wollebaeki)
* Southern Hemisphere:
* South American Sea Lion: (Otaria flavescens)
* New Zealand Fur Seal: (Arctocephalus forsteri)
* Subantarctic Fur Seal: (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
* Guadalupe Fur Seal: (Arctocephalus townsendi)
* Juan Fernandez Fur Seal: (Arctocephalus philippii)
* South African Fur Seal: (Arctocephalus pusillus)
* Australian Fur Seal: (Arctocephalus gazella)
Note: This list is not exhaustive, and there are some additional subspecies and populations of seals not listed here.
This list broadly categorizes seals into the two main families, True Seals (Phocidae) and Eared Seals (Otariidae), based on physical characteristics and adaptations. True seals lack external ear flaps and cannot rotate their hind flippers for walking on land. Eared seals, on the other hand, possess external ear flaps and can rotate their hind flippers for walking on land.