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Odobenus rosmarus divergens  (Illiger, 1815)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 622045

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Odobenus rosmarus laptevi Chapskii, 1940
  
    Trichechus divergens Illiger, 1815
  
    Trichechus cookii Fremery, 1831
  
    Trichechus orientalis Dybowski, 1922
  
  Common Name(s): Pacific walrus [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyOdobenidae Allen, 1880 – walruses  
                                        GenusOdobenus Brisson, 1762 – walruses  
                                           SpeciesOdobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Walrus, morse  
                                              SubspeciesOdobenus rosmarus divergens (Illiger, 1815) – Pacific walrus  
       

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  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies, website (version Aug 2018)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2018. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 8 October 2019   
  Reference for: Odobenus rosmarus divergens, Pacific walrus [English]   
       
  Source: List of Marine Mammal Species and Subspecies (2023), website (version Jun 2023)  
  Acquired: 2024   
  Notes: Committee on Taxonomy. 2023. List of marine mammal species and subspecies. Society for Marine Mammalogy, www.marinemammalscience.org, consulted on 6 February 2024   
  Reference for: Odobenus rosmarus divergens   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rice, Dale W.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4   
  Page(s): ix + 231   
  Publisher: The Society for Marine Mammalogy   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-03-4   
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  Reference for: Odobenus rosmarus divergens   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
 

 

    

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