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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 extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into two subspecies: the Atlantic walrus…

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Walrus

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Walrus

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related to Range and habitat · 26
Walrus → Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Anadyr, Arctic Ocean, As, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Bristol Bay, Chukchi Sea, Commercial, Early, Gulf, Ice Age, In, Kamchatka Peninsula, Limits, Pacific, San Francisco Bay, Siberia
related to Anatomy · 24
Walrus → Also, An, As, Atlantic, August, Females, Franz Josef Land, However, In, Jack Woodson, Length, Male Atlantic, McClain, Newborn, Otariidae, Overall, Pacific, Phocidae, Since, The
related to Etymology · 22
Walrus → AD, An, Despite, Dutch, For, Germanic, Germany, Greenland, Hvalfjord, Hvallatrar, Hvalsnes, Iceland, Its, Konungs, Latin, Norway, Old Norse, Scandinavian, Several, The
related to Taxonomy and evolution · 21
Walrus → Arctic, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Carnivora, Dusignathinae, Fixed, Illiger, Imagotariinae, It, Linnaeus, Odobenidae, Odobeninae, Otariidae, Pacific, Phocidae, Pinnipedia, Recent, The, These, Two
related to Reproduction · 20
Walrus → April, Because, Breeding, Calves, February, Females, Gestation, January, June, Male, Males, March, SeaWorld Orlando, Slowpoke, The, They, This, Walruses, When, Young
related to External links · 16
Walrus → Archived, Ashore Due To Melting, Data, Forced Ashore As Ice, July, Melts, National GeographicVoices, NPRThousands Of Walruses Crowd, Odobenus, Sea, Sea Ice, Sounds, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia CommonsBiologist Tracks Walruses, Wikispecies Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Conservation · 12
Walrus → American, As, Atlantic, Chukchi, Commercial, European, In, Inuit, The, Traditional, While, Yupik
related to Diet · 11
Walrus → Arctic Canada, Atlantic, However, NW Greenland, Pacific, Smith Sound, Svalbard, The, They, Tierpark Hagenbeck, Walruses
related to Vagrancy · 10
Walrus → Between, England, Europe, Ireland, More, Norwegian, Scotland, Svalbard, The, They
related to Predators · 7
Walrus → Armed, Both, Due, However, Orcas, Polar, The

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walruses pacific atlantic tusks sea species arctic population males years 000 ice rosmarus old northern around alaska water kg north

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Walrusis amammal in the order Carnivora0.90text
Walrusis alast remaining0.90text
Walrusis athird largest pinniped species0.90text
Walrusis aformidable opponent for a polar bear0.90text
fecundityinstance ofThe sustainability of these levels of harvest is difficult to determine given uncertain population estimates and parameters0.80text
mortalityinstance ofThe sustainability of these levels of harvest is difficult to determine given uncertain population estimates and parameters0.80text
Walrusrelated to AnatomyWhile0.60section
Walrusrelated to AnatomyPacific0.60section
Walrusrelated to AnatomyAn0.60section
Walrusrelated to AnatomyIn0.60section
Walrusrelated to AnatomyFranz Josef Land0.60section
Walrusrelated to AnatomyAugust0.60section

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