Revised: 07/12/2002 PACIFIC WALRUS (Odobenus rosmarus divergens): Alaska Stock

• Main Authors: Stock Definition, Geographic Range
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Pacific; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Odobenus rosmarus; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.165.4098; http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/fws2002_walrus-p.pdf

The family Odobenidae 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 t...