Order Cetacea Author James G. Mead Author Robert L. Brownell, Jr. text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 349 364 book chapter 193271 10.5281/zenodo.7352970 b3335890-cc2a-4092-9ace-81c1cd7b5cad 1-56098-217-9 7352970 Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 . Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 6:75 . TYPE LOCALITY: Russia , Commander Isis, "found stranded in Stare Gavan, on the eastern shore of Bering Island" . DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific: temperate waters. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I. SYNONYMS: vegae . COMMENTS: Reviewed by Balcomb (1989); possibly a subspecies of arnuxii , see Davies (1963) and McLachlan et al. (1966).