Odobenidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

<i>U.S. geol. geogr. Surv. Terr.</i>, Misc. Publ. 12: 5, 17

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Carnivora

family

Odobenidae

Name

Homonyms

Odobenidae

Common names

walrus in English

walruses in language.

walruses in English

hvalrossfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål

kvalrossfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian

valrossar in Swedish

walruses in English

Bibliographic References

1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
4. CoL2006/ITIS
5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 544 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the family-group names Muntiacinae Pocock, 1923, and Odobenidae (correction of Odobaenidae) Allen, 1880 (class Mammalia).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(2), 119-128 (1959)
6. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
8. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
9. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
10. 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