MCZ Mammalogy 11769

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1913-01-01/1913-12-31

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

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:11769 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Common Name(s): ours blanc; polar bear
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Thalarctos maritimus
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

  • None

  • additional number: 620

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: cleaned using soot sponge, 2022 MM
¬ Subsample: tissue (dry) Bone, 75mg on loan 1 History (5)
Remarks: Bone, 75mg

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult By: Madeleine Mullon 2022-07-07

  • None

  • first series specimen. Skull seems to have had some text penciled on R side of rostrum, but hard to read (possibly weight in lbs?)

  • None

  • 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:
  • 1913-01-01 / 1913-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1913
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • year of collection on specimen tag
  • Collector:
  • Winthrop Sprague Brooks

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 11762; 11767; 11751; 11752; 11753; 11754; 11755; 11756; 11757; 11758; 11759; 11760; 11761; 11763; 11764; 11765; 11766; 11768; 11769; 11770; 11771; 11772; 11773; 11774; 11775 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 010001-015975, pg.229;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:11762 Ratufa ephippium baramensis to M...

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