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วอลรัส
Sign in to saveThe 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 (O. r. rosmarus), which lives in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens), which lives in the Pacific Ocean.
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The walrus, scientifically known as *Odobenus rosmarus*, is a marine mammal belonging to the family Odobenidae. It is classified within the order Carnivora, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758. Common names for this organism include Morsa, Morse, and Walross. It is viviparous and exhibits a cathemeral diel cycle.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the walrus as Vulnerable, a status recorded in 2025. The animal is a source of walrus ivory. Its gestation period lasts 15 units. The species is referenced by 1,377 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony catalogs วอลรัส in its Vulnerable Species collection (16,386 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 1,377 inbound references to วอลรัส, and connects out to Odobenidae, Phocinae and elephant seal.
Vinony files it under Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Fauna listed on CITES Appendix III and Fauna of the Holarctic realm.
Vinony links it to 115 Wikipedia language editions.
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Vulnerablewalrus
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyOdobenidae
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- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
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- Odobenus rosmarus
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- Odobenus rosmarus
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- Odobenus rosmarus
- taxon common name
- hvalros
- gestation period
- 15
- sequenced genome URL
- www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Odobenus_rosmarus
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- diel cycle
- cathemeral
- has characteristic
- viviparity
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