animal order - the order of animals

Carnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia

pinnatiped, pinniped, pinniped mammal - aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers

family Otariidae, Otariidae - eared seals: sea lions and fur seals

family Phocidae, Phocidae - earless seals

family Odobenidae, Odobenidae - walruses and extinct forms