Odobenus Brisson, 1762

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 325-326

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Odobenus Brisson, 1762 View in CoL . Regne Anim., 2nd ed., p. 30.

TYPE SPECIES: Odobenus odobenus Brisson, 1762 View in CoL (= Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL ).

COMMENTS: Although the names in Brisson (1762) are invalid, Odobenus has been retained ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1957e).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Odobenidae

Odobenus Brisson, 1762

W. Christopher Wozencraft 1993

1993

Odobenus

Brisson 1762: 30

1762

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