Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Mammalia
VULNERABLE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 30-40 yrs
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Polar sea
- Range
- Arctic
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Herd Safety
- Status
- Vulnerable
About
Walrus are large, gray marine mammals that live in the Arctic and subarctic oceans of the Northern Hemisphere. Walrus are the only extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Odobenidae
- Genus
- Odobenus
- Species
- Odobenus rosmarus