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Pusa hispida 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Pusa caspica 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Phoca largha 

 Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Erignathus 

 Halichoerus 

 Cystophora 



Monachus schauinslandi 



Monachus tropicalis 



Monachus monachus 



Leptonychotes 



Lobodon 



Ommatophoca 



Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 



Mirounga leonina 



Odobenus 



Zalophus 



Lutra 



En hydra 



Mart es 



Procyon 



Urs us 



Canis 



B 



73 



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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 



Martes 



Procyon 



Ursus 



Canis 



Fig.8: Results from a bootstrap analysis (L000 replications) of the inversely weighted data matrix. 

 (A) Majority rule consensus tree from bootstrap analysis (length = 70.006 steps. CI = 0.456, HI = 

 0.770. RI = 0.626. RC = 0.405 i. (B) Overall parsimony solution with bootstrap frequency of each 

 node. 



