78 



10/21 



10/12 



TOT 



27/16 



B 



33/30 







10/3 1 



^^13/21 







9/6 1 1 



12/15 

 8/8 







10/6 1 1 



9/12 





18/16 



9/7 



8/9 



27/12 





6/13 







13/22 









15/15^ 

 ^6/U 







17/12| 







11/101"— 1 



15/20 







10/5 1 1 



23/22 





13/12 



15/17 



15/11 



12/17 





18/20 



9/17 1 





23/19 r 



10/14 

 9/12 



23/29 



w 



12/16 



19/25 



11/13 



war- 



Pusa hispida 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Phoca largha 

 Pusa caspica 

 Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Halichoerus 

 Erignathus 



Monachus schauinslandi 



Monachus tropicalis 



Monachus monachus 



Lobodon 



Ommatophoca 



Leptonychotes 



Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 



Mirounga leonina 



Odobenus 



Zalophus 



Lutra 



Enhydra 



Mart es 



Procyon 



Ursus 



Canis 



Pusa hispida 

 Pusa sibirica 

 Pusa caspica 

 Phoca largha 

 Phoca vitulina 

 Histriophoca 

 Pagophilus 

 Halichoerus 

 Cystophora 



Monachus schauinslandi 



Monachus tropicalis 



Monachus monachus 



Lobodon 



Ommatophoca 



Leptonychotes 



Hydrurga 



Mirounga angustirostris 



Mirounga leonina 



Odobenus 



Zalophus 



Lutra 



Enhydra 



Mart es 



Procyon 



Ursus 



Canis 



Fig.l5A-B: Cladograms resulting from a parsimony analysis of the inversely weighted data matrix 

 with a selected phocid species deleted: (A) Cystophora (length = 67.348 steps. CI = 0.461. HI = 

 0.761, RI - 0.635, RC = 0.414) and (B) Erignathus (length = 67.421 steps. CI = 0.462, HI = 0.763. 

 RI = 0.638, RC = 0.419). Unweighted branch lengths presented as accelerated transformation / delayed 

 transformation. Note that (B) is a consensus solution with all nodes found in 100% of the two equally 

 most parsimonious solutions. 



