Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Odobenidae > Genus Odobenus

Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Phoca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Odobenus*	Brisson, 1762	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca rosmarus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Children

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): hvalross sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: hvalros sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: walrus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: walrus sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Walrus sources: Charles Hussey

German: Walross sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Θαλάσσιος ίππος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: tricheco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: vėplys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hvalross sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hvalross sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:38

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvalross sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:38

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kvalross sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: mors sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: морж sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mrož sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: morsa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: valross sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: deniz aygırı; deniz aygırı mors; mors aygırı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Канада Морж; Морж sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: morlo ysgithrog

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 1993. Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (352 nucleotides; 284 proteins)
Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137077

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305337