Tribe Monachina Gray 1871 (seal)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1871. Supplement to the Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum. 1-33
Parent taxon: Phocidae according to J. E. Gray 1871
Sister taxa: Acrophoca, Cystophorinae, Devinophocinae, Halichoerina, Homiphoca, Monachinae, Ogmorhininae, Palmidophoca, Phocinae, Piscophoca, Stenorhynchina
Subtaxa: Mesotaria
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-carnivore