Scientific name:
Odobenus rosmarus

Natural spread:
arctic regions

the walruses is relative near with the family of the ear-seals. The clumsy, massive walruses supply the second-biggest seals after the sea-elephant. The males gain a length of 3,75 m with a weight until 1500 kg and the females a length of 3,40 m with a weight until 800 kg. In accordance with the mussel-food, the pre-forecastles and cheek-teeth are altered been trained rootless, duration-growing tusks to stub-shaped structures, against what the upper cuspids reach to up to 75 cm.

The family of the walruses only consists of 1 types, that ring around the North-pole, therefore zirkumpolar is spread and trains 2 subtypes: the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in the North-Atlantic and the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) in the North-Pacific, which is bigger than the Atlantic.

Way of life Walruses are Tagtiere predominantly, the little rocky, shallow shore live in and hike with the edge of the icecap in the winter. In contrast to many dog-seals, walruses are not capable to aim blowholes in solid icecaps. Walruses live in sociable harem-families, that consist of a bull with 1-4 females and their boy up to 5 years. Bigger family-herds are found outside the combination-time as well. The surplus ones, to give birth, or to old bulls lives in bull-stoves, that often settle on Treibeisschollen, away from the harem-families. Very old bulls are also found frequently as a loner.

Reproduction Reproductive-time is from April to June. The combination takes place in contrast to other seals in the water while the birth happens at country. In this time, vehement fights rant among the males around the harem-property.

After a Tragzeit of 12 months, the cows bring 1 densely dark-bay to the world, that is suckled for 11/2 years, until tawny hairy young. Walrus-cows don't seem to become again fundamental as long as they lead a young. If a mother precipitates through death, a female leading other not frequently adopts its young. As long as the boys cannot yet swim even persevering, they are pressed by the mother swimming on the back with the front-fins at the breast and to are held on. With increasing age, the Behaarung of the boys becomes sparser until they only have standing hair isolated at their disposal as adults on the bare skin. Accordingly, walruses possess a very strong skin.

Habitat, enemies Walruses are excellent swimmers, who move mainly through the hit of the rear-fins. The animals get sleeping at country or on ice floes. Here, they move rubbing stomach for itself onward in waddling walk at the ground after type of the ear-seals as well. Besides the human being, that reduced the originally gigantic walrus-continuances through in huge numbers slaughtering, the defense-ready seals have not to fear any enemies. Even polar bears are superior it in the water. Although they are put under most extensive protection, one had to allow the Eskimo a restricted hunt for walruses, however, and it remains to be seen whether the threatened continuances are this way gotten.

Nutrition Walruses live mainly from mollusks, like mussels, snails and Kopffüßern, but also cancers, coat-animals and other small-creatures don't spurn it. Animals hidden in the ground-reasons dig out it with its tusks. They break off themselves parts of the teeth easily on that occasion. Occasionally, they kill a dog-seal, whose bacon they consume greedily, at country also once. Likewise, they devour the bacon dead, approximately from the human being of caught whales. Occasionally also cannibalism, whose victims young usually then are, occurs with very old animals. Opposite the human being, walruses are very peaceful normally. Merely animals, which did bad experiences with people repeatedly, can turn into dangerous aggressors in the water and at country.

Endangering The East-Atlantic continuance of the walruses is endangered.