Monachinae
Monachinae (known colloquially as "Southern seals") is a subfamily of Phocidae whose distribution is found in the tropical, temperate and polar regions of the southern hemisphere, though in the distant past fossil representatives have been found on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. The difference between members of this group and members of Phocinae is in monachines the hindclaws are greatly reduced in size. Furthermore, all species have 34 chromosomes. There are three tribes recognized here: Monachini (monk seals), Miroungini (elephant seals), and Lobodontini (Antarctic seals and a handful of Afroamerican fossil genera). While today represented by eight extant and one recently extinct species, Monachinae had an incredibly enriched fossil diversity that went into decline soon to be replaced by southern species of sea lions and fur seals.
Q25587
Phocidae
Concept
Q42530
tropical
LOC
Q167466
temperate
Concept
Q60670
polar region
Concept
Q41228
southern hemisphere
TIME
Q97
North Atlantic Ocean
LOC
Q24000491
Phocinae
Concept
Q37748
chromosomes
Concept
Q676454
Monachini
Concept
Q185231
Miroungini
Concept
Q13644959
Lobodontini
Concept
Q600654
one recently extinct species
Concept
Q3887135
sea lion
Concept
Q1043473
fur seal
Concept
Q19605886
Monachinae
MISC
Q19605886
Monachinae
MISC
+34^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
34
NUMBER
parent taxon