MCZ Mammalogy 27652

Ursus americanus pugnax

Date Collected:

1931-10-03

North America: United States: Alaska | 10 mi. north of SumDum Mt., Snedersch 2 mi., from coast

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:27652 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ursus americanus pugnax
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: Madeleine MullonORCID iD icon on 2021-11-09
Nature of ID: ssp. based on geog.
Remarks: using Hall's Mammals of N. America, 2nd ed., and online sources
Previous Identifications
Ursus americanus americanus Pallas, 1780
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Common Name(s): American black bear
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: migrated from card catalog
Ursus Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Common Name(s): bears
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • other number: 941

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) unknown unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class subadult By: Madeleine Mullon 2022-06-27
Remarks: original tag says juvenile, but appears more like subadult or young adult, with basicranial suture not yet closed

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  • Original hang tag reads: "cub -- 10 mi. North / Sum Dum Mt. / in Snedershom [Snedersham?] / Bay 2 mi. from coast. / Oct 3. / Collector Ray Emerson / [fur] dark brown with blue underparts". Back of tag reads: "941 / Blk. / Bear Skull / Clean + Wire / Emerson"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alaska
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7006450 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 10 mi. north of SumDum Mt., Snedersch 2 mi., from coast
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alaska, 10 mi. n. of Sum Dum mt. Snedersch 2 mi., from coast
  • Georeference:
  • 57.9484750°, -133.44665° (Error radius: 3441m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2021-11-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1931-10-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 3 Oct. 1931
  • Collector:
  • Ray Emerson

Media type: text; Mammalogy 27651; 27653; 27654; 27655; 27656; 27657; 27658; 27659; 27660; 27661; 27662; 27663; 27664; 27665; 27666; 27667; 27668; 27669; 27670; 27671; 27672; 27673; 27674; 27675; 27652 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 021926-027875, pg.230;

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