| Citation | Rice, D.W., 1998 Marine Mammals of the World Systematics and Distribution. Special Publication number 4: The Society for Marine Mammalogy. 231p. |
| Ref. | 1522 Rice, D.W., 1998 |
| Page | 40-42 |
| Named Used as Valid | Pusa hispida |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, North Pole, James Bay and Baffin Island (Canada), Strait of Belle Isle (Can Newfoundland), Greenland, Barents Sea, Norway, White Sea, Kamchatka, Bristol Bay in Alaska, Germany, Portugal, New Jersey, Southern California. |