MCZ Mammalogy 30236

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1933-07-01/1933-07-31

North America: Greenland | eastern Greenland, south of Scoresby Sund, just south of Cape Brewster

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:30236 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
Thalassarctos 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
partial skeleton (dry) pelvis only (with sacrum), weathered in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: pelvis

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  • pencil on pelvis says: "found south of Scoresby Sound". Other tag says "found just south of Cape Brewster"

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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:
  • eastern Greenland, south of Scoresby Sund, just south of Cape Brewster
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • E. Greenland, S. of Cape Brewster [south of Scoresby Sound]
  • Georeference:
  • 69.7604360°, -23.527604° (Error radius: 76800m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2022-07-06 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1933-07-01 / 1933-07-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 1933
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • pencil on specimen says "found south of Scoresby Sound". Original tag says "found just south of Cape Brewster"
  • Collectors:
  • John K. Howard; Explorers Association Incorporated

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 30254; 30255; 30231; 30232; 30233; 30234; 30235; 30236; 30237; 30238; 30239; 30240; 30241; 30242; 30243; 30244; 30245; 30246; 30247; 30248; 30249; 30250; 30251; 30252; 30253 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 027881-033855, pg.95;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:30254 Pteropus giganteus giganteus to ...

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