What is Walrus?
{{Taxobox | name = Odobenidae<br />''Odobenus''<br />''Odobenus rosmarus'' | status = lc | status_system = iucn2.3 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Seal Specialist Group|year=1996|id=15106|title=Odobenus rosmarus|downloaded=12 May 2006}}</ref> | image = Noaa-walrus22.jpg | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammalia]] | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | subordo = [[Caniformia]] | superfamilia = [[Pinnipedia]] | familia = '''Odobenidae''' | familia_authority = Allen, 1880 | genus = '''''Odobenus''''' | genus_authority = [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson|Brisson]], 1762 | species = '''''O. rosmarus''''' | binomial = ''Odobenus rosmarus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) | range_map = Odobenus rosmarus distribution.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of Walrus | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = ''O. rosmarus rosmarus''<br /> ''O. rosmarus divergens''<br /> ''O. rosmarus laptevi'' (debated) }} A '''walrus''' ('''''Odobenus rosmarus''''') is a [[marine mammal]],<ref>{{cite book| title = Mammal species of the world| author = Wozencraft W.C.| pages = | edition = 3rd | editor = Wilson D.E. and Reeder D.M.| date = 2005| publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press| isbn=0-8018-8221-4| url = http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3}}</ref> the only species of the family '''Odobenidae''', which is one of the three [[pinniped]] families. They live in the cold northern [[sea]]s of the [[Arctic Ocean]] around [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. ==Description== Walruses have lots of things similar to true seals and [[Eared seal|eared seals]]. Like true seals, they just have a hole for an [[ear]] - not ear flaps. Like eared seals, they can rotate their back flippers forward to [[walk]] on land. Like both true seals and eared seals, they are very good [[swim]]mers and divers. However, walruses do have some [[wikt:feature|features]] that neither true seals nor eared seals have. The most famous thing about walruses are their ''[[tusk]]s''. Even though they