MCZ Mammalogy 57969

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1873-01-01/1947-01-17

[no higher geography data] | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:57969 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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  • collector number: FR27

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial skeleton (dry) partial skeleton. Distal R ulna broken. Pelvis ilia and sacrum broken. Infraspinous and supraspinous fossae of scapula damaged. R femur has crack in distal condyle. R tibia has damage to proximal condyle. Longitudinal cracks in most long bones in collection 1 History (7)
Remarks: includes: pelvis with sacrum, R scapula, R femur, R tibia, R fibula, R humerus, R ulna, R radius. CLeaned using soot sponge, 2022 MM

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  • Catalogued July 1979. Has been in teaching collection for years.

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  • Continent:
  • [no higher geography data]
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [no verbatim locality data]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-01-01 / 1947-01-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Collecting date previously null, lower range derived from collector's date of birth, and upper range derived from date of specimen/lot donation to MCZ
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 57965; 57966; 57967; 57968; 57969; 57970; 57971; 57972; 57973; 57974; 57975; 57976; 57977; 57978; 57979; 57980; 57931; 57932; 57933; 57934; 57935; 57936; 57937; 57938; 57939; 57940; 57941; 57942; 57945; 57946; 57947; 57948; 57949; 57950; 57951; 57952; 57953; 57954; 57955; 57956; 57957; 57958; 57959; 57960; 57961; 57962; 57963; 57964; 57943; 57944 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 052331-060025, pg.113;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:57965 Canis to MCZ:Mamm:57964 Myoproct...

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