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Odobenidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
U.S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Territ. vol.12 p.ix, 5.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Odobenidae

Name

Homonyms
Odobenidae
Common names
Hvalros in Danish
Hvalross in Norwegian
Hvalrosser in Danish
Hvalrosser in Danish
Kılıçdişlifokgiller (Valrusgiller) in Turkish
Mors (ssak) in Polish
Morsa in Spanish
Morsas in Spanish
Morse in French
Morsklased in Estonian
Morslar in Turkish
Mursu in Finnish
Odobénidés in French
Rosmaro in Esperanto
Tricheco in Italian
Valross in Swedish
Vėplys in Lithuanian
Walross in German
Walrosse in German
Walrus in English
Walrus in English
Walruses in English
Walrusse in Afrikaans
Walrussen in Dutch
hvalrossfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
kvalrossfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
morsowate in Polish
mrožovití in Czech
mursut in Finnish
mursut in Finnish
rozmárfélék in Hungarian
valrossar in Swedish
walrus in English
walruses in English
walruses in English
walruses in English
walruses in English
Морж in Russian
Моржеві in Ukrainian
Моржови in Bulgarian
Моржовые in Russian
Моржові in Ukrainian
ים־פֿערד in Yiddish
ניבתניים in Hebrew
فظيات in Arabic
วอลรัส ฯลฯ in Thai
セイウチ科 in Japanese
海象科 in Chinese
바다코끼리과 in Korean
hvalrossfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål

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. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. CoL2006/ITIS
  5. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 544 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the family-group names Muntiacinae Pocock, 1923, and Odobenidae (correction of Odobaenidae) Allen, 1880 (class Mammalia).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(2), 119-128 (1959)
  7. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  8. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  9. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  10. Wilson & Reeder (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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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