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The walrus palate is uniquely vaulted, enabling effective suction; researchers measured pressures in the oral cavity as low as -87.9 kPa in air, and -118.8 kPa underwater. [78] Walruses at the Tierpark Hagenbeck were easily able to suck the five-pound metal plug out of the bottom of their pool, at a water depth of 1.1 metres. [79]
My favorite walrus fact has to do with their name. The official scientific name for 'walrus' is ‘Odobenus rosmarus’, which is Latin for ‘tooth-walking sea-horse'. I think that describes a ...
Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more diverse, and includes more than a dozen fossil genera.
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.
The citizen science scheme by WWF and British Antarctic Survey aims to help conserve walruses in the face of climate change. Walrus detectives: public asked to count Arctic mammals in satellite images
The following is a list of native wild mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 23 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine. Three are considered endangered, one is vulnerable, eight are listed as data deficient, and one has not yet been evaluated. [1] Domesticated species, such as the dogs formerly present, [2] are not ...
Articles relating to Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus), with their uses and depictions in human culture. The species represents a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus.
Common name Scientific name authority ASM state status and native range [3] Red List Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys: Vervet monkey. Chlorocebus pygerythrus (F. Cuvier, 1821) introduced; Dania Beach and Fort Lauderdale area. [171] [172] Rhesus macaque. Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) introduced; Ocala and Silver Springs area [173 ...