Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regni Anim., 1:590 . TYPE LOCALITY: "ad Scotiam atque Groelandiam australiorem, vulgaris circa Islandiam" [North Atlantic, S Greenland ] . DISTRIBUTION: Circumpolar Arctic seas ( Canada , Greenland , Japan , Norway , USA , republics of the former USSR), south to Hokkaido ( Japan ) and Newfoundland. SYNONYMS: albigena Pallas, 1811 ; lepechenii Lesson, 1828 ; leporina Lepechin, 1778 ; nautica Pallas, 1811 ; parsonii Lesson, 1828 .