Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus

Order: Carnivora
Family: Odobenidae
Genus: Odobenus
IUCN status: VU
Distribution: Canada|Greenland|Russia|Norway|Belgium?|Denmark?|Finland?|France?|Germany?|Iceland?|Japan?|Netherlands?|Spain?|Sweden?|United Kingdom?|United States?
Realm: Nearctic|Palearctic

Other names: Atlantic Walrus|Laptev Walrus|Pacific Walrus

About this species

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large Arctic pinniped recorded in the Japan mammal catalogue. This concise entry identifies the accepted catalogue taxon without adding ecology that has not yet been verified from a species-level source (Mammal Diversity Database range record).

Description: Wildlife of Japan guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com)

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Walrus — Public domain — Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps — via Wikimedia Commons (source)