Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) . Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 3(1): 85.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., W. Siberia, mouth of Ob River .

DISTRIBUTION: Arctic Ocean; Okhotsk, and Bering Seas; Gulf of Alaska; Gulf of St. Lawrence; occasionally south to Honshu (Japan), France, and Massachusetts (U.S.A.).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411003001001001.