| 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 | 38-39 |
| Named Used as Valid | Phoca largha |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Japan, Chaunskaya Guba and Kamchatka (Russia), Sea of Okhotsk, Northwest and Southeast Bering Sea, Fujian (China), Aleutian Islands, Chukcki Sea, Siberia, Herschel Island and Yukon Territory (Canada). |