Phocarctos Gray 1844 (eared seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Alternative spelling: Eumetopias (Phocarctos)
Parent taxon: Otariidae according to A. Berta 2009
Sister taxa: Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Callorhinus, Eumetopias, Eumetopiina, Hydrarctos, Neophoca, Oriensarctos, Otaria, Otariinae, Otariini, Pithanotaria, Thalassoleon, Zalophina, Zalophus
Subtaxa: Phocarctos hookeri
Type: Arctocephalus hookeri
Ecology: amphibious piscivore