MCZ Mammalogy 51461

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1953-08-10

Arctic Ocean: Arctic Sea: United States: Alaska | 15 miles off Skull Cliff, ice pack in Arctic Ocean

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:51461 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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  • other number: R13016

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]
age class subadult By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: adult teeth in, basicranial suture open 2022-07-06
Remarks: either subadult or young adult
hind foot with claw 12.5 in [no agent data]
total length 70 in [no agent data]
Remarks: 5ft 10in
unformatted measurements front pad width= 5.5 inches [no agent data]
weight 467 lb [no agent data]

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  • writing on skull says: "R13016 female/ Thalarctos maritimus / 15 miles off Skull Cliff, pack ice, Arctic Ocean / 10 August 1953 / 467 lbs TL-5ft, 10in / HF-12.5in / front pad width-5.5in / Alaska"

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  • Ocean:
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Arctic Sea
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alaska
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25258 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 15 miles off Skull Cliff, ice pack in Arctic Ocean
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alaska: 15 mi. off Skull Cliff, ice pack, Arctic Ocean
  • Georeference:
  • 71.0561180°, -158.13026° (Error radius: 44452m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2021-11-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1953-08-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 10 Aug. 1953
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 51456; 51457; 51458; 51459; 51460; 51461; 51462; 51463; 51464; 51465; 51466; 51467; 51468; 51469; 51470; 51471; 51472; 51473; 51474; 51475; 51476; 51477; 51478; 51479; 51480 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 045831-052330, pg.226;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:51456 Chrysocyon brachyurus to MCZ:Mam...

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