Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more...
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the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into two subspecies: the...
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semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals:...
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dog-like faces, and the ability to turn their rear flippers forward. Family Odobenidae currently includes a single species, the walrus. A large (2,000 kg or...
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Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California. Valenictus sheperdi was discovered in 2024 from the Purisima Formation in...
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List of carnivorans (section Odobenidae)
divided into nine families: Ailuridae, Canidae, Mephitidae, Mustelidae, Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Procyonidae, and Ursidae, and include the dogs,...
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List of pinnipeds (section Family Odobenidae)
extant species of Pinnipedia are split into 22 genera within 3 families: Odobenidae, comprising the walrus; Otariidae, the eared seals, split between the...
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Otarioidea is a superfamily of pinnipeds that includes the families Odobenidae, Otariidae and their stem-relatives. In the past when the pinnipeds were...
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the Early Miocene in what is now Oregon, U.S. It belonged to the family Odobenidae, the only extant species of which is the walrus. Four specimens of Proneotherium...
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during the Middle Miocene in what is now Japan. It belonged to the family Odobenidae, the only extant species of which is the walrus. Members of the genus...
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in what is now Baja California Sur, Mexico. It belonged to the family Odobenidae, the only extant species of which is the walrus. N. arandai is known from...
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and sea lions make up the family Otariidae. Along with the Phocidae and Odobenidae, ottariids are pinnipeds descending from a common ancestor most closely...
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Suidae (Wild Boars), Proboscidea (Elephants), Monodontidae (Narwhals) and Odobenidae (Walruses). Polled animals or pollards are those of normally-horned (mainly...
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List of marine mammal species (section Odobenidae)
Marine mammals comprise over 130 living and recently extinct species in three taxonomic orders. The Society for Marine Mammalogy, an international scientific...
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List of mammals of North America (section Odobenidae)
This is a list of North American mammals. It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda...
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Pinnipedia Iliger, 1811 Family Otariidae J. E. Gray, 1825 – eared seals Family Odobenidae J. A. Allen, 1880 – walruses Family Phocidae J. E. Gray, 1821 – earless...
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Ontocetus is an extinct genus of walrus, an aquatic carnivoran of the family Odobenidae, endemic to coastal regions of the southern North Sea and the southeastern...
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Retrieved 24 November 2008. Ray, C.E. (1960). "Trichecodon huxlei (Mammalia: Odobenidae) in the Pleaistocene of southeastern United States". Bulletin of the Museum...
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described as an Otariidae, though it is now usually considered to be a basal Odobenidae. To date, the only material of Pelagiarctos that has been found includes...
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Desmatophocidae (extinct seal convergent pinnipeds), Phocidae (true seals), and Odobenidae (walruses). Investigations of the biomechanics of Enaliarctos indicate...
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the three families in the clade Pinnipedia, along with Otariidae and Odobenidae. Pinnipeds are thought to have originated 27 to 25 million years ago during...
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lived during the Late Miocene of what is now Japan. It belonged to the Odobenidae family, which is today only represented by the walrus, but was much more...
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Odobenidae Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)...
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