Odobenus rosmarus — Common names

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Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Walrus Animal Diversity Web Descriptions, IUCN Red List, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), MarLIN resource, NCBI Taxonomy, NatureServe resource, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Danish

Name Sources Status
Hvalros World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Dutch

Name Sources Status
walrus World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
morse IUCN Red List, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013, uBio Trusted

German

Name Sources Status
Walross World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Walroß uBio Unknown

Greek

Name Sources Status
Θαλάσσιος ίππος World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Italian

Name Sources Status
Tricheco World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Lithuanian

Name Sources Status
Vėplys World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Norwegian

Name Sources Status
Hvalross World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Norwegian Bokmål

Name Sources Status
Hvalross World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Norwegian Nynorsk

Name Sources Status
kvalross World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Polish

Name Sources Status
Mors World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Portuguese

Name Sources Status
Morsa uBio Unknown

Russian

Name Sources Status
морж World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Slovenian

Name Sources Status
mrož World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
Morsa IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Odobenus rosmarus Unknown Trusted

Swedish

Name Sources Status
Valross World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Turkish

Name Sources Status
deniz aygırı World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
deniz aygırı mors World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
mors aygırı World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Ukrainian

Name Sources Status
Канада Морж World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Морж World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Welsh

Name Sources Status
morlo ysgithrog World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

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