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The walrus's body shape shares features with both sea lions (eared seals: Otariidae) and seals (true seals: Phocidae). As with otariids, it can turn its rear flippers forward and move on all fours; however, its swimming technique is more like that of true seals, relying less on flippers and more on sinuous whole body movements. [5]
Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and mustelids. [1] The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group.
Imagotaria is an example of a primitive walrus that does not grossly appear similar to a modern walrus. However, the walrus family (the Odobenidae ) is a more inclusive group, that includes walruses without tusks (e.g. Imagotaria ), walruses with upper and lower tusks (the subfamily Dusignathinae ), and walruses with upper tusks like the extant ...
One commenter joked, "Even baby walruses look like grandpa walruses!" My favorite comment came from @rainshadows1 who pointed out, "Finding and rescuing baby animals is one of the most rewarding ...
Walrus ivory, also known as morse, [1] comes from two modified upper canines of a walrus. The tusks grow throughout life and may, in the Pacific walrus, attain a length of one metre. [ 2 ] Walrus teeth are commercially carved and traded; the average walrus tooth has a rounded, irregular peg shape and is approximately 5 cm in length.
Animals with flippers include penguins (whose flippers are also called wings), cetaceans (e.g., dolphins and whales), pinnipeds (e.g., walruses, earless and eared seals), sirenians (e.g., manatees and dugongs), and marine reptiles such as the sea turtles and the now-extinct plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, and metriorhynchids.
The game's DLC adds new scenarios in which Hat Kid searches for Time Pieces: in "Seal the Deal", Hat Kid works for the Walrus Captain on the Arctic Cruise ocean liner, while in "Nyakuza Metro", she is pressed into service by the Nyakuza crime boss Empress, who later places a bounty on her head. One DLC reveals that the Snatcher and Vanessa were ...
Osodobenus is an extinct genus of walrus from the Miocene to Pliocene of California. Osodobenus may have been the first tusked walrus and shows several adaptations that suggest it was a suction feeder, possibly even a benthic feeder like modern species. Three skulls are known showing pronounced sexual dimorphism, with the female lacking the ...