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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Mammals > Eutheria > Carnivora > Caniformia > Walruses

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Walruses  

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Entry terms

  • Odobenidae

Scope note

  • The family Odobenidae, suborder PINNIPEDIA, order CARNIVORA. It is represented by a single species of large, nearly hairless mammal found on Arctic shorelines, whose upper canines are modified into tusks.

History note

  • 2005 (1975)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014856

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