Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 . Syst. Regn. Anim., 1:588.

TYPE LOCALITY: Greenland and Newfoundland (Canada) .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Atlantic and Arctic oceans from E. Canada to the White Sea (U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: Formerly included in Pagophilus; see Burns and Fay, 1970, J. Zool. Lond., 161:363-394; but also see Corbet, 1978:187.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301413002004003001 as P. groenlandicus (sic).