page_title: Walrus
section_title: Life history
hierarchical_section_title: Walrus / Life history
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Лежка моржей на острове Нортбрук. Национальный парк Русская Арктика. Снимок сделан в рамках экспедиции «По следам двух капитанов», организованный ассоциацией «Морское наследие» проекта «Архипелаги Арктики: Открытый океан». English: Walruses lying on Northbrook Island. Russian Arctic National Park. The picture was taken as part of the expedition In the footsteps of two captains by Maritime Heritage Associations Українська: Моржі, що лежать на острові Нортбрук. Національний парк «Російська Арктика». Фото було зроблене під час експедиції «Слідами двох капітанів», організованої асоціацією «Морська спадщина». This image is related to the protected area of Russia number 2900112 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLE team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the database!
context_page_description: The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into two subspecies: the Atlantic walrus, which lives in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific walrus, which lives in the Pacific Ocean.
  Adult walrus are characterised by prominent tusks and whiskers, and their considerable bulk: adult males in the Pacific can weigh more than 2,000 kilograms and, among pinnipeds, are exceeded in size only by the two species of elephant seals. Walruses live mostly in shallow waters above the continental shelves, spending significant amounts of their lives on the sea ice looking for benthic bivalve mollusks to eat. Walruses are relatively long-lived, social animals, and they are considered to be a "keystone species" in the Arctic marine regions.
  The walrus has played a prominent role in the cultures of many indigenous Arctic peoples, who have hunted the walrus for its meat, fat, skin, tusks, and bone.
caption: A herd of walruses on Northbrook Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia
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