MCZ Mammalogy 51462

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Date Collected:

1961-03-14

Arctic Ocean: Arctic Sea: Chukchi Sea: United States: Alaska | 50 miles west of Cape Lisburne

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:51462 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. "Thalarctos maritimis [sic]"

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  • additional number: 26171

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: cleaned using soot sponge, 2022 MM

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]
age class adult By: Madeleine Mullon, Method: basicranial suture closed 2022-07-06

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  • writing on skull reads: "26171 female / Thalarctos / 50 miles W. Cape Lisburne / 14 March 1961"

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  • Ocean:
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Arctic Sea
  • Sea:
  • Chukchi Sea
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alaska
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/25251 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 50 miles west of Cape Lisburne
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Alaska: 50 mi. W. of Cape Lisburne
  • Georeference:
  • 68.8693580°, -168.21245° (Error radius: 76664m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2021-11-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1961-03-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 14 March 1961
  • 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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