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Odobenus rosmarus divergens

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Taxonomy
Trichechus divergens was named by Illiger (1815). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Odobaenus obesus by Allen (1880); it was recombined as Odobenus divergens by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Odobenus rosmarus divergens by Fay (1985), Riedman (1990) and Berta (2017).

Synonyms
  • Trichechus cookii was named by Fremerij (1831). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Odobaenus obesus by Allen (1880); it was synonymized subjectively with Trichechus divergens by Fay (1985).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Trichechus divergens Illiger p. 68
1831Trichechus cookii Fremerij p. 385
1930Odobenus divergens Hay p. 560
1985Odobenus rosmarus divergens Fay
1990Odobenus rosmarus divergens Riedman p. 58 figs. Table 2
2017Odobenus rosmarus divergens Berta p. 156

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
—Pinnipedimorpha
—Pinnipedia()
familyOdobenidae()
subfamilyOdobeninae
tribeOdobenini
genusOdobenus
speciesrosmarus()
subspeciesdivergens()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Trichechus cookii Fremerij 1831 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2011-05-21 01:16:23
Modified: 2011-05-20 10:16:23
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Kohno et al. 1995
Collections
No collection or age range data are available