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list of seals, sea lions, and walruses
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Tusked walruses
Tusked walruses The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is the only living species of its family. It is one of the largest species in the pinniped suborder of marine mammals.

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The pinnipeds are a suborder of 33 species of aquatic fin-footed mammals composing three families: the true seals (family Phocidae), the fur seals and sea lions (family Otariidae), and the walrus (family Odobenidae). As marine mammals, pinnipeds live only in rich marine environments and a few inland or tropical freshwater systems. This is a list of selected pinnipeds ordered alphabetically by family and common name. (See also marine biology; mammalogy.)

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family Odobenidae (walrus)

family Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions)

family Phocidae (true seals)

extinct pinnipeds

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.