MCZ Mammalogy BANGS-4951

Lynx rufus gigas Bangs, 1897

Holotype of Lynx gigas

Date Collected:

1895-12-11

North America: Canada: Nova Scotia | back of Bear River

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-4951 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Lynx rufus gigas Bangs, 1897
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identification
Lynx gigas Bangs, 1897
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae
Determiner: Outram Bangslinked data icon on 1897-03-16
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Bangs Ledger; ID date is date of publication

Bangs 1897, page 50, Holotype of Lynx gigas Bangs, 1897
Media type: text; Bangs 1897 Description: Notes on the lynxes of eastern North America, with descriptions of two new species;

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Shows Publication: Bangs 1897 Description: Notes on the lynxes of eastern North America, with descriptions of two new species

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-01-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-01-04   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class adult [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-01-11
hind foot with claw 200 mm [no agent data], Method: Data Migration
Remarks: JAM/2008
tail length 177 mm [no agent data], Method: Data Migration
Remarks: JAM/2008
total length 1001 mm [no agent data], Method: Data Migration
Remarks: JAM/2008

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Nova Scotia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005802 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • back of Bear River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • back of Bear River
  • Georeference:
  • 44.5976720°, -65.654690° (Error radius: 4092m) By: John Mewherter on 2021-02-16 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1895-12-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 11-Dec-1895
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Collected by SSR Ritchie, in meat
  • Collector:
  • Ritchie, SSR

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Media type: text; Mammalogy BANGS-4959; BANGS-4951; BANGS-4952; BANGS-4953; BANGS-4954; BANGS-4955; BANGS-4956; BANGS-4957; BANGS-4958; BANGS-4960; BANGS-4961; BANGS-4962; BANGS-4963; BANGS-4964; BANGS-4965; BANGS-4966; BANGS-4967; BANGS-4968; BANGS-4969; BANGS-4970; BANGS-4971; BANGS-4972; BANGS-4973; BANGS-4974; BANGS-4975; BANGS-4976; BANGS-4977; BANGS-4978; BANGS-4979; BANGS-4980; BANGS-4981; BANGS-4982; BANGS-4983; BANGS-4984; BANGS-4985; BANGS-4986; BANGS-4987; BANGS-4988; BANGS-4989; BANGS-4990; BANGS-4991; BANGS-4992; BANGS-4993; BANGS-4994; BANGS-4995; BANGS-4996; BANGS-4997; BANGS-4998; BANGS-4999; BANGS-5000 Description: MCZ Mammalogy E.A. and O. Bangs Collection bangs-000001, pg.100;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-4959 Sciuropterus to MCZ:Mamm:BA...

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