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SPECIES Odobenus rosmarus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 38. | Common Name: | Walrus | Type Locality: | "intra Zonam arcticam Europae, Asiae, Americae". | Distribution: | Arctic sea- coastal regions of Belgium (vagrant), Canada, Great Britain (vagrant), Greenland, Iceland (vagrant), Japan (Honshu), Netherlands (vagrant), Norway, Russia, USA (Alaska, New England-vagrant). | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Canada); IUCN – Data Deficient as O. r. laptevi, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Fay (1985). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Fay (1985). Distributional information from Rice (1998). |
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