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Scott Listfield - Scott Listfield, Walrus. Scott Listfield (America) Walrus, 2015, (48/50) Fine-art Giclée print on Italian Cold-Press Watercolor Paper ”Walrus” by Scott Listfield shines a spotlight on the dangers of climate change and, its impact on species habitats, such as that of the walrus. Home to the waters of the Arctic and Subarctic, the walrus ( Odobenus rosmarus) is now classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In past centuries, their populations were overexploited for the trade of walrus tusks, however, with walrus hunts outlawed (except for limited indigenous exemptions), the global climate crisis now represents its greatest threat. Thinning pack ice and consequential habitat loss have the future of walruses dangling in uncertainty.