Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 595

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scientific name	Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)
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[Phoca] barbata Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 590.

Type Locality: "ad Scotiam atque Groelandiam australiorem, vulgaris circa Islandiam" [North Atlantic, S Greenland].

Vernacular Names: Bearded Seal.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Erignathus barbatus subsp. barbatus Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Erignathus barbatus subsp. nautica Pallas 1811

Distribution: Circumpolar Arctic seas and coastal regions of Canada, China (Zhejiang-vagrant), France (vagrant), Great Britian (vagrant), Greenland, Iceland, Japan (south to Hokkaido), Norway, Portugal (vagrant), Russia, Spain (vagrant), USA (Alaska, Massachusetts -vagrant).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Hall (1981).