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Aivukus

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Aivukus
Temporal range: Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Clade: Pinnipedia
Family: Odobenidae
Genus: Aivukus
Repenning & Tedford, 1977
Species

A. cedrosensis

Aivukus is an extinct genus of walrus from the Miocene.

Etymology

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

Description

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From fossil records it was at least as big as, if not slightly bigger than, the modern walrus, and, like the modern walrus, was probably a molluscivore.

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