WALRUS 515 
Head of Walrus. 
The WALRUS (Odobenus rosmarus). 
The unwieldy seal-like animals commonly known by a corruption 
of the Scandinavian name valross (whale-horse) form in some respects 
a connecting link between the true seals and the eared seals, although 
differing from both in the huge upper tusks which depend from the 
muzzle of males and females alike, as also by the thick yellow bristles 
covering the muzzle itself. Like the true seals, walruses have lost all 
traces of external ears, but, unlike the former, and like the eared seals, 
their huge hind-flippers are turned forwards beneath the body when on 
land. The molar teeth have simple flattened crowns, unlike those 
of most seals. Although young and adolescent walruses have fairly 
thick coats of yellowish fur, in old individuals the tough hide becomes 
almost bare, except for the aforesaid bristles. Walruses are estimated 
to attain a weight of from 2250 to 3000 lbs. 
Walruses are exclusively confined to the Arctic seas, where they 
spend much of their time on the ice. There are two kinds, which 
