Walrus Animal Pictures

Odobenus rosmarus

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Large walrus on the ice - Odobenus rosmarus divergens - contemplating the photographer - Alaska, Bering Sea
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Large walrus on the ice (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), Alaska

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Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), hauled out on Bering Sea ice, Alaska
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Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens), hauled out on Bering Sea ice, Alaska

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Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), Foxe Basin in Nunavut, Canada

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Part of Atlantic walrus herd (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), on ice flow in Foxe Basin

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Large fat Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) showing extent of blubber deposits. Bering Sea, Alaska.
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Large walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) showing extent of blubber deposits

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Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) on an island in the Bering Sea (Round Island, Alaska, )
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Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) on an island in the Bering Sea

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Bull Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on ice flow

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walrus vs elephant seal
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Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) emerging in Foxe Basin

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Bull Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on ice flow

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Roaring Atlantic walrus cow and cub (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), Canada

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sea lion vs walrus
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Walrus and Pup at Kamogawa Seaworld, Japan

What Do Walruses Eat - Walrus being fed
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Walrus cow stock photo Franz Josef Land, Arctic, Russia, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands Walrus cow on ice floe

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Walruses are probably best known for their oversized tusks. In fact, the species' scientific name Odobenus rosmarus is Latin for “tooth walking sea horse.”

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The walrus is a marine mammal, the only modern species of the walrus family, traditionally attributed to the pinniped group. One of the largest representatives of pinnipeds.

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