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Pusa caspica 

 Pusa hispida 

 Phoca largha 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Erignathus 

 Halichoerus 

 Cystophora 



Monachus schauinslandi 



Monachus tropicalis 



Monachus monachus 



Lobodon 



Ommatophoca 



Leptonychotes 



Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 



Mirounga leonina 



Odobenus 



Zalophus 



Lutra 



En hydra 



Mart es 



Procyon 



Ursus 



Canis 



B 



Pusa hispida 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Pusa caspica 

 Phoca largha 

 Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Erignathus 

 Halichoerus 

 Cystophora 



Monachus schauinslandi 



Monachus tropicalis 



Monachus monachus 



Lobodon 



Ommatophoca 



Leptonychotes 



Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 



Mirounga leonina 



Odobenus 



Zalophus 



Lutra 



En hydra 



Mart es 



Procyon 



Ursus 



Canis 



Fig.10: Strict (A) and majority rule (B) consensus solutions for cladograms resulting from successive 

 approximations analyses based upon CI, RI, and RC. Unless otherwise indicated, all nodes in (B) 

 were found in 100% of the equally most parsimonious solutions. 



