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Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.38

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Odobenidae
genus
Odobenus
species
Odobenus rosmarus

Name

Synonyms
Hemicaulodon effodiens Cope, 1869
Odebenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odobaenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odobenotherium lartetianum Gratiolet, 1858
Odobenotherium virginianum (Dekay, 1842)
Odobenus arcticus
Odobenus virginianus De Kay, 1842
Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758
Rosmarus arcticus Pallas, 1811
Rosmarus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichechus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichechus virginianus (Dekay, 1842)
Homonyms
Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Aarfit in Kalaallisut
Aaveq in Kalaallisut
Aaveq [Greenlandic] in language.
Aiviq in Inuktitut
Atlantescht Walross in Luxembourgish
Atlantic Walrus in English
Atlantic Walrus in English
Atlantic Walrus (rosmarus); Laptev Walrus (Laptev Sea population); Pacific Walrus (divergens) in English
Horshwæl in language.
Hvalros in Danish
Hvalros in Danish
Hvalross in Norwegian
Hải tượng in Vietnamese
Iwalerosi in Zulu
Kole-mor in Breton
Kılıç Dişli Fok (Valrus) in Turkish
Laptev Sea population in English
Laptev Sea population in English
Laptev Walrus in English
Laptev Walrus in English
Morjlar in Azerbaijani
Morloi Ysgithrog in Welsh
Mors in Turkish
Mors in Polish
Mors arktyczny in Polish
Morsa in Spanish
Morsa in language.
Morsa in Portuguese
Morse in French
Morse in French
Morse in French
Morsk in Estonian
Morsk in Estonian
Morsă in Romanian
Mortsa in Basque
Morževi in Croatian
Mrož lední in Czech
Mursu in Finnish
Odbenu in language.
Pacific Walrus in English
Pacific Walrus in English
Rosmaro in Esperanto
Rosmhvalur in Icelandic
Rostungur in Icelandic
Rostungur in Icelandic
Rosualt in Irish
Roysningur in Faroese
Rozmár in Hungarian
Rozmár in Hungarian
Sea-Cow in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Bjärvall & Ullström (2005) Däggdjur. Alla europas arter i text och bild.
  3. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  6. Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
  7. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em>
  8. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  11. Würsig, Bernd, J. G. M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs, eds., 2018: null. Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 3rd edition. xxxi + 1157.
  12. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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