Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Odobenidae > Genus: Odobenus > Species: Odobenus rosmarus > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Odobenus rosmarus laptevi

Walrus - Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not Applicable (IUCN)
Protected by	2 international agreements

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Not Applicable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Atlantescht Walross	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hvalros	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hvalross	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mors	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mors	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Morsa	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Morsa	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Morse	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Morsk	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mursu	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rostungur	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rozmár	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tricheco	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Valross	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Valzirgs	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Walroß	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Walrus	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Walrus	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Phoca rosmarus	Linnaeus, 1758
Rosmarus arcticus	Pallas, 1811
Trichechus divergens	Illiger, 1815
Trichechus cookii	Fremerij, 1831
Trichechus orientalis	Dybowski, 1922

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Species+	Species+ by UNEP-WCMC
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

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