Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 594

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scientific name	Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus 1758)
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Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL

[Phoca] rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 38 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "intra Zonam arcticam Europae, Asiae, Americae".

Vernacular Names: Walrus.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus subsp. rosmarus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus subsp. divergens Illiger 1815

Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus subsp. laptevi Chapskii 1940

Distribution: Arctic sea- coastal regions of Belgium (vagrant), Canada, Great Britain (vagrant), Greenland, Iceland (vagrant), Japan (Honshu), Netherlands (vagrant), Norway, Russia, USA (Alaska, New England-vagrant).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( Canada); IUCN – Data Deficient as O. r. laptevi , otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Fay (1985). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Fay (1985). Distributional information from Rice (1998).