MCZ Mammalogy 46532

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1952-01-01/1952-12-31

North America: Canada: Nunavut: Cornwallis Island | Parry Islands, Cornwallis Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:46532 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: legacy

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) cranium only, no jaws in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: cleaned using soot sponge, 2022 MM

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Nunavut
  • Island:
  • Cornwallis Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Parry Islands, Cornwallis Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Northwest Territories, Parry Islands, Cornwallis Island
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Parry Islands is the older name for what are now called the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Previously part of the Northwest Territories--Nunavut was split from NWT in 1999
  • Georeference:
  • 75.1256650°, -94.705814° (Error radius: 65254m) By: John Mewherter on 2020-07-24 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1952-01-01 / 1952-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1952
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Picked up (salvage)
  • Collector:
  • Robert F. Jasse

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 46531; 46532; 46533; 46538; 46539; 46541; 46542; 46543; 46544; 46545; 46546; 46547; 46548; 46549; 46550; 46551; 46552; 46553; 46554; 46555; 46534; 46535; 46536; 46537; 46540 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 045831-052330, pg.29;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:46531 Ursus maritimus to MCZ:Mamm:4654...

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