Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

English
Walrus (pronunciation)

Portuguese
Morsa

Norwegian
Hvalross (bokmål)/ Kvalross (nynorsk)

Icelandic
Rostungur

Dutch
Walrus (pronunciation)

Frisian
Walrus

German
Walross (pronunciation)

French
Morse (pronunciation)

Spanish
Morsa

Catalan
Morsa

Italian
Tricheco

Greek
Θαλάσσιος ίππος; Οδόβαινος

_{A walrus as depicted by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner in 1604 (Conrad Gesner, 1604: Historiae animalium, p. 211.)}

Placenames referring to walrus

Morššalássát (Norway)

(Zoo)archaeological sites featuring Odobenus rosmarus

Bergen (Norway)

Historical sources mentioning Odobenus rosmarus

De seldsaame en noit gehoorde wal-vis-vangst

References

IUCN: Odobenus rosmarus
OBIS: Odobenus rosmarus
Delliaux, M. & Gautier, A. 2018. Cheval ou baleine ? Les noms du morse dans les mondes septentrionaux (IXe-milieu du XVIe siècle), in Jacquemard, C., Gauvin, B., Lucas-Avenel, M.-A., Clavel, B. & Buquet, T. (éds), Animaux aquatiques et monstres des mers septentrionales (imaginer, connaître, exploiter, de l’Antiquité à 1600). Anthropozoologica 53 (15): 175-183. https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2018v53a15