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Pinnipeds are carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic mammals that belong to the order Carnivora. They have 34 living species and 50 extinct species, and are widely distributed in marine and freshwater habitats.
Pinnipeds are seals, sea lions, and walruses, a group of carnivorous mammals that live in the ocean and some lakes. This web page provides a comprehensive list of 34 extant and 2 extinct pinniped species, with their scientific names, ranges, sizes, diets, and conservation statuses.
The oldest definitive pinniped fossils date from approximately 30.6–23 million years ago (Ma) in the North Pacific. Pinniped monophyly is consistently supported; the group shares a common ancestry with arctoid carnivorans, either ursids or musteloids.
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Pinniped, (suborder Pinnipedia), any of a group of 34 species of aquatic fin-footed mammals comprising seals, sea lions, and the walrus. Pinnipeds live only in rich marine environments and a few inland or tropical freshwater systems. Shaped like torpedoes, pinnipeds have wide torsos and narrower.
The pinnipeds are a group of 33 species of aquatic fin-footed mammals composing three families: the true seals (family Phocidae), the fur seals and sea lions (family Otariidae), and the walrus (family Odobenidae). Pinnipeds live only in rich marine environments and a few inland or tropical.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about seals, the carnivorous marine mammals with fin-shaped feet, also known as pinnipeds. Find out how they live, feed, breed and face threats from climate change and human activities.
Pinnipeds are semi-aquatic marine mammals with flippers, blubber and doggish faces. They belong to the order Carnivora and include walruses, seals and sea lions.
