Odobenus Brisson 1762

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 Brisson 1762
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Odobenus Brisson 1762 , Regn. Anim., 2nd ed.: 30.

Type Species: Odobenus odobenus Brisson 1762

Synonyms: Hodobaenus Sundevall 1860 ; Odobaenus Fee 1830 ; Odontobaenus Steenstrup 1860 ; Rosmarus Brünnich 1772 ; Trichecus F. G. Cuvier 1829 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Odobenus rosmarus ( Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus subsp. rosmarus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus subsp. divergens Illiger 1815

Subspecies Odobenus rosmarus subsp. laptevi Chapskii 1940

Discussion: Although the names in Brisson (1762) are invalid, Odobenus has been retained ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1955 a, 1957 e, 1998). Placed in Subfamily Odobeninae , Family Phocidae by McKenna and Bell (1997). Placed in separate family by Rice (1998).