The State of Circumpolar Walrus Populations
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Table 3. Conservation status <strong>of</strong> walrus at the global and range state levels. Definitions for different status ranks are available from the specific<br />
listing organizations.<br />
Jurisdiction Organization Subspecies Status/rank 1 Comments<br />
International<br />
International Union for the<br />
Conservation <strong>of</strong> Nature (IUCN)<br />
Red List<br />
All<br />
Data Deficient<br />
(2008)<br />
O. r. laptevi included but noted to be uncertain;<br />
O. r. divergens re-assessed in 2015 (same<br />
status).<br />
Convention on International<br />
Trade in Endangered Species<br />
(CITES)<br />
All<br />
Appendix III<br />
(Canada) (1975)<br />
More recent assessments <strong>of</strong> O. r. rosmarus in<br />
1987 (Canada) and 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015<br />
and 2016 (Greenland)<br />
Canada<br />
Committee on the Status <strong>of</strong><br />
Endangered Wildlife in Canada<br />
(COSEWIC)<br />
O. r. rosmarus Special Concern<br />
(2006)<br />
Assessed as single unit despite Northwest<br />
Atlantic population being listed as Extirpated<br />
under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). Other<br />
populations not SARA-listed. Updated<br />
COSEWIC status assessment currently (2016)<br />
in review.<br />
Greenland Grønlands Rødliste - 2007<br />
(Greenland Red List - 2007)<br />
O. r. rosmarus Critically<br />
Endangered<br />
Endangered<br />
Near Threatened<br />
Northwater population. Shared with Canada.<br />
West Greenland population. Shared with<br />
Canada<br />
Northeast Greenland population.<br />
Norway<br />
(Svalbard)<br />
Norsk rødliste for arter 2010<br />
(2010 Norwegian Red List for<br />
Species)<br />
O. r. rosmarus Vulnerable
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