Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Infraorder Pinnipedia > Family Odobenidae > Genus Odobenus

Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Odobenus*	Brisson, 1762	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phoca rosmarus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Children

Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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

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	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	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	Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.
ecology source	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. Scientific Data. 10(1).