MCZ Mammalogy 47049

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1951-01-01/1951-12-31

North America: Canada: Nunavut: Mill Island | West Hudson's Strait, Mill Island, Dorset Eskimo site

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:47049 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) R mandible only. Very weathered and soil stained (subfossil?) in collection 1 History (5)

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

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Nunavut
  • Island:
  • Mill Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • West Hudson's Strait, Mill Island, Dorset Eskimo site
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Canada, West Hudson's Strait, Mill I., Dorset Eskimo site
  • Georeference:
  • 63.9912210°, -77.762518° (Error radius: 13758m) By: John Mewherter on 2020-01-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1951-01-01 / 1951-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1951
  • Collector:
  • Deric O'Bryan

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 47031; 47032; 47033; 47034; 47035; 47037; 47038; 47039; 47040; 47041; 47042; 47043; 47044; 47045; 47046; 47047; 47048; 47049; 47050; 47051; 47052; 47053; 47054; 47055; 47036 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 045831-052330, pg.49;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:47031 Clethrionomys rutilus dawsoni to...

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