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

Odobenidae Allen, 1880

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Odobenus Brisson, 1762

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

English: walruses sources: ITIS database

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

Norwegian Bokmål: hvalrossfamilien sources: U.S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Territ., 12:ix,5

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvalrossfamilien sources: U.S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Territ., 12:ix,5

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

Swedish: valrossar

Literature

basis of record	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

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Odobenidae Allen, 1880. 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:136975