Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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A walrus as depicted by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner in 1604 (Conrad Gesner, 1604: Historiae animalium, p. 211.)

English

Walrus

Portuguese

Morsa

Norwegian

Hvalross (bm)/ Kvalross (nn)

North Sámi

Morša

Icelandic

Rostungur

Dutch

Walrus

Frisian

Walrus

German

Walross

French

Morse

Spanish

Morsa

Catalan

Morsa

Italian

Tricheco

Greek

Θαλάσσιος ίππος; Οδόβαινος

Placenames referring to walrus

Norway

• Morššalássát

(Zoo)archaeological sites featuring Odobenus rosmarus

• Bergen

References

• IUCN: Odobenus rosmarus
• OBIS: Odobenus rosmarus
• Delliaux, M. & Gautier, A. 2018. Cheval ou baleine ? Les noms du morse dans les mondes septentrionaux (IXe-milieu du XVIe siècle), in Jacquemard, C., Gauvin, B., Lucas-Avenel, M.-A., Clavel, B. & Buquet, T. (éds), Animaux aquatiques et monstres des mers septentrionales (imaginer, connaître, exploiter, de l’Antiquité à 1600). Anthropozoologica 53 (15): 175-183. https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2018v53a15