Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Ferae
Cladus: Pancarnivora
Cladus: Carnivoramorpha
Cladus: Carnivoraformes
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Infraordo: Arctoidea
Cladus: Pan-Pinnipedia
Cladus: Pinnipedimorpha
Cladus: Pinnipediformes
Parvordo: Pinnipedia
Superfamilia: Otarioidea
Familia: Odobenidae
Genus: Odobenus
Species (1 + †1): †O. mandanoensis – O. rosmarus
Name
Odobenus Brisson, 1762: 30 [conserved name]
Type species: Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1957: 79).
Gender: masculine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 467 (1957: 79).
Synonymy
Rosmarus Brünnich, 1771: 34
Type species: Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Palmer (1904: 612).
Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 467 (1957: 79).
Odobaenus Fée, 1830: 59 [unjustified emendation of Odobenus Brisson, 1762 fide Opinion 544 (1959: 121)]
Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 544 (1959: 121).
Odontobaenus Steenstrup in Sundevall, 1860: 441 [unjustified replacement name for Odobenus Brisson, 1762]
Hodobaenus Sundevall, 1860: 442 [unjustified emendation of Odobenus Brisson, 1762]
Udobaenus Sundevall, 1860: 442 [unjustified emendation of Odobenus Brisson, 1762]
References
Primary references
Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page.
Brünnich, M.T. 1772. Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus academicis accommodata. Frider, Christ. Pelt: Hafniae et Lipsiae. 254 pp. BHL
Sundevall, C.J. 1860. Om Walrossen. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar 16: 441–447. BHL
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1957. Opinion 467. Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Odobenus Brisson, 1762, as the generic name for the Walrus (class Mammalia). pp. 73–88 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Volume 16, part 6. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 528 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1959. Opinion 544. Validation under the Plenary Powers of the family-group names Muntiacinae Pocock, 1923, and Odobenidae (correction of Odobaenidae) Allen, 1880 (Class Mammalia) (Opinion supplementary to Opinions 460 and 467 respectively). pp. 119–128 In Hemming, F. (ed.). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Volume 20, part 11. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 448 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Tomida, Y. 1989. A new walrus (Carnivora, Odobenidae) from the middle Pleistocene of the Boso Peninsula, Japan, and its implication on odobenid paleobiology. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C (Geology & Paleontology) 15(3): 109–119. PDF
Links
Odobenus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Odobenus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: Walrus
日本語: セイウチ属
македонски: Морж
polski: Mors
ייִדיש: וואלראס
中文: 海象
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