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Walrus

Educational resources on Walrus

Walrus or Odobenus rosmarus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Walrus

Academic web links for the Walrus.


Walrus
Listen to what a 19th century novelists has to say about the walrus and view pictures with hoards of walruses.
www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/walrus.html

ADW: Odobenus rosmarus: Information
The walrus mating system is believed to be a female-defense polygyny. Large mature males have exclusive access to a herd of females for 1-5 days at a time.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Odobenus_rosmarus.html

Biogeography of Army Ants
San Francisco State University Department of Geography. Geography 316: Biogeography . The Biogeography of the Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)
bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall99Projects/walrus.htm

Walrus Calves Stranded by Melting Sea Ice : Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
Scientific observation has shown that the atmosphere near the Earth's surface is warming. This warming is just one one of many kinds of climatic change that have occurred in the
www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457&tid=282&cid=12209

Tusks
The Walrus. Kendle Kubick, Jamie Kashary, Amy Bieszke. A paper for MSCI 375, Biology of Marine Mammals, submitted October 5, 1998 Until the 18 th century the English name for the
kingfish.coastal.edu/marine/375/walrus.html

Walrus
NOTE: Permission to use photos displayed on this site must be obtained from photographers prior to reproduction in any media. Gallery 2.0.1
www.iarc.uaf.edu/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=2209&g2_navId=xcc07ae6f

Alaska's Digital Archives : Search Results
3 children on walrus. Walruses; Dead animals; Ropes; Children; Boys; Girls: Title taken from verso. View of three children sitting on walrus carcass in northern Alaska. 1960's?
vilda.uaf.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&...

Walrus
The walrus is closely related to the seal but forms its own family, the Odobenidae. Walruses lack external ears and have long tusks, a thick, wrinkled, nearly hairless skin except
www.sierracollege.edu/EventsAthletics/NatHistMus/exhibitsIn/walrus.htm

walrus
Common Name: Walrus. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia. Family: Odobenidae. Genus: Odobenus. Species: Odobenus rosmarus
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/walrus.htm

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
Walrus. Odobenus rosmarus. Walruses are large (400 - 1700 kg) mammals that live in an area around the North Pole, in the Arctic Ocean. Both males and females have two long tusks
www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/zoo/walrus.htm







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