MCZ Mammalogy 27937

Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758

Date Collected:

1891-04-04/1932-03-31

North America: United States: Alaska | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:27937 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Common Name(s): Mexican grizzly bear; Oso pardo; brown bear; grizzly bear
Determiner: Madeleine MullonORCID iD icon on 2020-11-19
Nature of ID: sp. based on geog.
Remarks: locality not specific enough for an ID to subspecies
Previous Identifications
Ursus arctos alascensis Merriam, 1896
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Ursus horribilis
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: cleaned using soot sponge, 2022 MM. Loose frass claned from skull.

Attribute Value Determination On
age class subadult By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: adult teeth in, basicranial suture partially open 2022-07-05
Remarks: subadult/young adult

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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:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alaska
  • Georeference:
  • 56.4508430°, -159.36718° (Error radius: 1912451m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1891-04-04 / 1932-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Lower end of date collected range derived from collector's date of birth. Upper range derived from end of month specimen was received
  • Collector:
  • John K. Howard

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 27931; 27932; 27933; 27934; 27935; 27936; 27937; 27938; 27939; 27940; 27941; 27942; 27943; 27944; 27945; 27946; 27951; 27952; 27953; 27954; 27955; 27947; 27948; 27949; 27950 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 027881-033855, pg.3;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:27931 Rhinolophus megaphyllus to MCZ:M...

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