Aivukus

Aivukus; Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Superfamily:	Pinnipedia
Family:	Odobenidae
Genus:	Aivukus; Repenning & Tedford, 1977
Species
	A. cedrosensis

Aivukus is an extinct genus of walrus from the Miocene.

Etymology

The generic name is derived from the Inuit word for walrus, aivuk.

From fossil records it was at least as big as, if not slightly bigger than, the modern walrus. It was likely a shell-eater.

Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology by Annalisa Berta, James L. Sumich
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals by William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J. G.M. Thewissen

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