MCZ Mammalogy 37276

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1933-01-01/1933-12-31

North America: Greenland | east Greenland, Franz Joseph Fjord

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:37276 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

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) appears to have metal lodged in R premaxilla in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: cleaned using soot sponge, 2022 MM

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult By: Madeleine Mullon 2022-07-06

  • original ledger entry notes: "Purchased"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Greenland
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Denmark
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7024573 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • east Greenland, Franz Joseph Fjord
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • E. Greenland, vicinity of Franz Joseph / Fiord
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1933-01-01 / 1933-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1933
  • Collectors:
  • John K. Howard; Explorers Association Incorporated

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 37261; 37262; 37263; 37264; 37265; 37266; 37267; 37268; 37269; 37271; 37272; 37273; 37274; 37275; 37276; 37277; 37278; 37279; 37280; 37281; 37282; 37283; 37284; 37285; 37270 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 033861-039830, pg.138;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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