MCZ Mammalogy 34510

Ursus arctos alascensis Merriam, 1896

Date Collected:

1936-05-23

North America: United States: Alaska: Yukon-Koyukuk | Fourth of July Creek

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:34510 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ursus arctos alascensis Merriam, 1896
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: Madeleine MullonORCID iD icon on 2020-11-13
Nature of ID: ssp. based on geog.
Previous Identifications
Ursus arctos horribilis Ord, 1815
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Common Name(s): brown bear; grizzly bear
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog
Ursus horribilis
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • additional number: 2

Part Condition Disposition Count
hide (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
skin (dry) Sample deaccessioned - used up 1 History
Remarks: Skin Sample
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: cleaned using soot sponge, 2021 MM

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration
age class juvenile [no agent data], Method: migration
Remarks: cub

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  • original ledger entry notes: "received in exchange"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alaska
  • County:
  • Yukon-Koyukuk
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Fourth of July Creek
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Yukon: Fourth of July Creek
  • Locality Remarks:
  • no creek by this name in Yukon terr., Canada, but there is in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska
  • Georeference:
  • 62.7277020°, -156.76270° (Error radius: 25122m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2022-06-29 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1936-05-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 23 May 1936
  • Collector:
  • John W. Hayden

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 34486; 34487; 34488; 34489; 34490; 34491; 34492; 34493; 34494; 34495; 34496; 34497; 34498; 34499; 34500; 34501; 34502; 34503; 34504; 34505; 34506; 34507; 34508; 34509; 34510 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 033861-039830, pg.27;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:34486 Aethomys namaquensis namaquensis...

  • Some Parts have been Deaccessioned

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