414 FAMILY 



Subfamily 2. Phodna, with, originally, the genera Phoca and Gal- 

 loceplialus, to which were added later Pagomys, Pagopliilus, and 

 Halicyon. Subfamily 3. Trichisina (or Trichechina, as spelled 

 later), with the genera Haliclicerus and Trichecns (or Trichechus, 

 as spelled later). Subfamily 4. Cystopliorina, with the genera 

 Cystopliora and Morunga. Subfamily 5. Arctocephalina (includ- 

 ing all the Eared Seals). 



In 1866 Gill restricted the family Phoddce to the Earless 

 Seals a group equivalent to Turner's subfamily Phodna and 

 divided it into three subfamilies, as follows : 1. Phodnce, includ- 

 ing the genera Phoca, Pagomys, Pagopliilus, Erignatlms, Hali- 

 chcerus, and Monaclius ; 2. Cystopliorince, including the genera, 

 Cystopliora and Macrorliinus ; 3. Stenorliyncliina:, with the gen- 

 era Lobodon, Stenorhynchus, Leptonyx, and Ommatoplioca. Gill's 

 Phoeince is the equivalent of Gray's Phodna and Trichechina, 

 with the addition to the former of Monaclius and the exclusion 

 from the latter of Triclieclms, while Gill's Cystophorime and Steno- 

 rhynehince are the exact equivalents of Gray's groups of similar 

 name, except that Monaclius is excluded from the latter. 



In 1869 Gray separated from the Phocidce the Walruses and 

 the Otaries as distinct families, thereby restricting the Phocidce 

 to the Earless Seals, as Gill had previously done, but divided 

 the Phocidce into five " tribes." His classification of the group 

 as presented by him in 1871 is as follows : Family Phoddce. 

 Tribe I. Phodna, with the genera Calloceplialus, Pagomys, Pago- 

 pliilus, Halicyon, Phoca. Tribe II. Haliclicerina, = genus Rali- 

 clicerm. Tribe III. Monacliina, = genus Monaclius. Tribe IT. 

 Stenorhynchina, with the genera Stenorliynclms, Lobodon, Lep- 

 tonyx, Ommatoplioca. Tribe V. Cystopliorina, with the genera 

 Morunga and Cystopliora. The difference between the two 

 schemes consists (I) in the equivalency of Gill's Phocinct' with 

 Gray's first three " tribes," and (2) in the designations " sub- 

 families" and "tribes." Gill's scheme of division of the family 

 into three subfamilies has been adopted by most subsequent 

 writers, even Gray himself adopting it in 1874. The three 

 "subfamilies" now so currently accepted seem to be well- 

 marked natural groups, but whether entitled to the rank thus 

 accorded may perhaps be open to question. 



GENEKA. The first dismemberment of the Lmna3au genus 

 Phoca, after the removal of the Eared Seals by Peron in 1816,* 



* For a discussion of Pusa, Scopoli, 1777, see poslta under the genus Hali- 

 clicerus. The term was generically applied to what seems to have Leen 

 Phoca fcetida, but fortunately slumbered for a century, when it was unhap- 

 pily revived. 



