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Taxon: Genus Odobenus Brisson, 1762 - walrus (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name, rank & spelling:  Brisson, M.J. 1762. Reg. Anim. (ed. 2): 30; 240. ("Genus Odobeni", "Odobenus" [species]).

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: F. Hemming (ed.), 1957. Ops. Decls. int. Comm. zool. Nomencl. 16 (6): Ruling (2) (p. [75]: "Name No. 1081"). [new]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1] Ref: F. Hemming (ed.), 1957. Ops. Decls. int. Comm. zool. Nomencl. 16 (6): Ruling (1) (p. [75]: "hereby validated"). [new]

Types

Type of: Odobenina (Subtribe) Allen, 1880 Ref: Tedford, (R.H.), 1997: 256. [new] [inferred]
Type of: Odobenini (Tribe) Allen, 1880 Ref: Magallanes et al., 2018: fig. 14. [inferred]
Type, by designation under the plenary power: Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: F. Hemming (ed.), 1957: Ruling (1) (p. [75]). [implicit]
Type, by designation under the plenary power: Phoca rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: F. Hemming (ed.), 1957: Ruling (1) (p. [75]). [new]

Variants

Different spelling: Odobenos (Genus)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Hemicaulodon (Genus) Cope, 1869 Ref: PBDB: 4 Sep 2019.
Synonymous name: Odobenotherium (Genus) Gratiolet, 1858 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Odontobaenus (Genus) Steenstrup, 1860 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Rosmarus (Genus) Brünnich, 1772 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Trichechus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: PBDB: 14 Feb 2019.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: walrus
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