The walrus is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in th
Walrus in the Russian Arctic National Park, Novaya Zemlya 2015 2
Walrus 2
Fossil walrus (O. rosmarus) skull, collected off the coast of New Jersey in 1938. At the AMNH.
Young male Pacific walruses on Cape Pierce, Alaska, showing variation in the curvature and orientation of the tusks and the bumpy skin (bosses) typical of males.
Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae, Otariidae,
Walrus
…The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus; plural walrus or walruses) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only…