THE ATLANTIC WALRUS 



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of 1879-80, when the sea was frozen all around 

 St. Lawrence Island, for many miles in every 

 direction, the Walrus herds were forced to re- 



YOUNG ATLANTIC WALRUS. 



Captured by Commander R. E. Peary, and exhibited 



in the New Yorli Zoological Park. 



main so far away that all the inhabitants of the 

 Island, save one small settlement, died of starva- 

 tion. 



The Atlantic Walrus' is of about the same 

 ' 0-do-ben'us ros-ma'rus. 



length as the Pacific species, but it has' a shorter 

 and much smaller neck. Its tusks, also, are 

 much smaller. It is still found in considerable 

 numbers in Smith's Sound, and is quite abundant 

 north of Franz Joseph Land, where Nansen pho- 

 tographed and killed many. Its most northerly 

 latitude is 82°. A specimen killed by Comman- 

 der Robert E. Peary was 9 feet in length, and 

 weighed 1,-569 pounds. The skin alone weighed 

 220 pounds. 



Professor L. L. Dyche has kindly furnished 

 the measurements of the largest male Wahus 

 out of eighteen taken by him on the coast of 

 northern Greenland: 



Length (straight line), end of nose to end 

 of body, 129 inches. 



Tail, exposed, none. 



Length of rear flippers, 26 inches. 



Girth of animal when suspended by the 

 neck, 129 inches. 



Exposed length of tusk, 19 inches. 



Circumference of tusk at base, 8} inches. 



The largest cow Walrus measured 116 inches 

 in length, 113 in girth, exposed tusk, lOJ inches. 



