STOCK DEFINITION AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE The family Odobenidae

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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• Language: English
• Subjects: Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Pacific; Anadyr'; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.113.128; http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/stock/finalpwalrusalaska.pdf

is represented by a single modern species Odobenus rosmarus of which two subspecies are generally recognized: the Atlantic walrus (O. r. rosmarus), and the Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens). The two subspecies occur in geographically isolated populations. The Pacific walrus is the only form occurring...