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Odobenus rosmarus

Odobenus rosmarus

walrus(+20)·(Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF:155304165

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(6)

Arctic Ocean
North West Atlantic
European Marine Waters
Gulf of Maine
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone(BE)
Irish Exclusive economic Zone(IE)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 18 languages. 1 preferred.

nldwalrusnlddeuWalrossdeuturdeniz aygırıturturdeniz aygırı morsturdanhvalrosdan+16 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 18 languages. 1 name preferred.

nldwalrus
nldpreferred
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
deuWalross
deu
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
turdeniz aygırı
tur
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
turdeniz aygırı mors
tur
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
danhvalros
dan
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
norhvalross
nor
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
nobhvalross
nob
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nnokvalross
nno
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cymmorlo ysgithrog
cym
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polmors
pol
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
turmors aygırı
tur
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
spamorsa
spa
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
slvmrož
slv
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itatricheco
ita
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
swevalross
swe
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
litvėplys
lit
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
engwalrus
eng
Source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
ellΘαλάσσιος ίππος
ell
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrКанада Морж
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrМорж
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
rusморж
rus
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (389 nucleotides; 315 proteins)

NCBI:txid9707

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(5)

  • 1

    Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.

    additional source
  • 2

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 3

    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.

    basis of record
  • 4

    Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em>

    additional source
  • 5

    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

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155304165
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5218819
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137077
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026