Odobenus

As if from New Latin *odobēnus, *odobaenus, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tusk, tooth”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, go on foot”) +‎ Latin -us (forming a noun), with unusual (likely erroneous) contraction of the first root (ὀδοντ- (odont-)), which normally yields odonto-. Literally, “tooth-walker”, referring to walruses' method of pulling themselves up onto floating ice using their tusks.

Odobenus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Odobenidae – walruses.

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Odobenidae – family

• (family): Odobenus rosmarus – sole extant species; †Odobenus mandanoensis – other species

• Odobenus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Odobenus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Odobenus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Odobenus at AnimalBase
• Odobenus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Odobenus in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Odobenus at World Register of Marine Species