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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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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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Valenictus is an
extinct genus of
Odobenidae from the
Pliocene of California.
Valenictus sheperdi was
discovered in 2024 from the
Purisima Formation in...
- 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...
- 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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divided into nine families: Ailuridae, Canidae, Mephitidae, Mustelidae,
Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Procyonidae, and Ursidae, and
include the dogs,...
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Marine mammals comprise over 130
living and
recently extinct species in
three taxonomic orders. The
Society for
Marine Mammalogy, an
international scientific...
- 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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Odobenidae Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
Otariidae (eared seals: fur seals, sea lions)
Phocidae (earless
seals or true seals)...
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lived during the Late
Miocene of what is now ****an. It
belonged to the
Odobenidae family,
which is
today only
represented by the walrus, but was much more...
