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Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Erignathus 

 Pusa hispida 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Pusa caspica 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Phoca largha 

 Halichoerus 

 Cystophora 



Monachus schauinslandi 

 Monachus tropicalis 

 Monachus monachus 

 Lobodon 

 Ommatophoca 

 Leptonychotes 

 Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 

 Mirounga leonina 

 Odobenus 

 Zalophus 

 Lutra 

 Enhydra 

 Maries 

 Procyon 

 Urs us 

 Canis 



Pusa hispida 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Pusa caspica 

 Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Erignathus 

 Phoca largha 

 Halichoerus 

 igg Cystophora 



Monachus schauinslandi 

 Monachus tropicalis 

 Monachus monachus 

 Lobodon 

 Ommatophoca 

 Leptonychotes 

 Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 

 Mirounga leonina 

 Odobenus 

 Zalophus 

 Lutra 

 Enhydra 

 Mart es 

 Procyon 

 Urs us 

 Canis 



Fig.5A: Cladograms resulting from a parsimony analysis of the inversely weighted data matrix. (A) 

 The two equally most parsimonious solutions (length = 69,834 steps, CI = 0.456, HI = 0.770, RI = 

 0.629, RC = 0.407). 



