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Walrus
| Odobenidae Odobenus Odobenus rosmarus | |
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| Family: | Odobenidae Allen, 1880
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| Genus: | Odobenus Brisson, 1762
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| Species: | O. rosmarus
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| Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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O. rosmarus rosmarus | |
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| Distribution of Walrus | |
A walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a marine mammal,[2] the only species of the family Odobenidae, which is one of the three pinniped families. They live in the cold northern seas of the Arctic Ocean around North America and Europe.
- ↑ Seal Specialist Group (1996). Odobenus rosmarus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- ↑ Wozencraft W.C. (2005). Wilson D.E. and Reeder D.M. (ed.). Mammal species of the world (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
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