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===Extant genera=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Subfamily!! Tribe !! Image !! Genus !! species |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''Subfamily [[Monachinae]]''' ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| '''Tribe [[Monachini]]''' |[[File:Monachus monachus.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Monachus]]'' <small>Fleming, 1822</small> || * [[Mediterranean monk seal]], ''Monachus monachus'' |- |[[File:Monachus schauinslandi.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Neomonachus]]'' <small>Slater & Helgen, 2014</small> || *[[Hawaiian monk seal]], ''Neomonachus schauinslandi'' * †[[Caribbean monk seal]], ''Neomonachus tropicalis'' (probably extinct around 1952) |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| '''Tribe Miroungini''' |[[File:Mirounga angustirostris, Point Reyes (cropped).jpg|175px]] ||''[[Mirounga]]'' <small>Gray, 1827</small> || * [[Northern elephant seal]], ''Mirounga angustirostris'' * [[Southern elephant seal]], ''Mirounga leonina'' |- ! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| '''Tribe [[Lobodontini]]''' |[[File:Ross-seal.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Ommatophoca]]'' <small>Gray, 1844</small> || * [[Ross seal]], ''Ommatophoca rossi'' |- |[[File:Antarctica 2013 Journey to the Crystal Desert (8369556693).jpg|175px]] ||''[[Lobodon]]'' <small>Gray, 1844</small> || * [[Crabeater seal]], ''Lobodon carcinophagus'' |- |[[File:Leopard seal basking on Iceberg.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Hydrurga]]'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small> || * [[Leopard seal]], ''Hydrurga leptonyx'' |- |[[File:Weddell Seal in Antarctica (8381225741).jpg|175px]] ||''[[Leptonychotes]]'' <small>Gill, 1872</small> || * [[Weddell seal]], ''Leptonychotes weddellii'' |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| '''Subfamily [[Phocinae]]''' ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| '''Tribe Cystophorini''' |[[File:2016-klappmützemuseumkoenig.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Cystophora (mammal)|Cystophora]]'' <small>Nilsson, 1820</small> || * [[Hooded seal]], ''Cystophora cristata'' |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| '''Tribe Erignathini''' |[[File:Bearded Seal at Svalbard (cropped).jpg|175px]] ||''[[Erignathus]]'' <small>Gill, 1866</small> || * [[Bearded seal]], ''Erignathus barbatus'' |- ! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| '''Tribe Phocini''' |[[File:Seehund2cele4.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Phoca]]'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> || * [[Harbor seal]] or common seal, ''Phoca vitulina'' * [[Spotted seal]], ''Phoca largha'' |- |[[File:Pusa hispida hispida NOAA 1.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Pusa]]'' <small>Scopoli, 1771</small> || * [[Ringed seal]], ''Pusa hispida'' (formerly ''Phoca hispida'') * [[Baikal seal]], ''Pusa sibirica'' (formerly ''Phoca sibirica'') * [[Caspian seal]], ''Pusa caspica'' (formerly ''Phoca caspica'') |- |[[File:Harp seal at False Cape (cut).jpg|175px]] ||''[[Pagophilus]]'' <small>Gray, 1844</small> || * [[Harp seal]], ''Pagophilus groenlandicus'' (formerly ''Phoca groenlandica'') |- |[[File:Ribbon-seal-male Josh London NOAAedit (16086029928) (cropped).jpg|175px]] ||''[[Histriophoca]]'' <small>Gill, 1873</small> || * [[Ribbon seal]], ''Histriophoca fasciata'' (formerly ''Phoca fasciata'') |- |[[File:Halichoerus grypus He3.jpg|175px]] ||''[[Halichoerus]]'' <small>Nilsson, 1820</small> || * [[Grey seal]], ''Halichoerus grypus'' |- |}
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