MCZ Mammalogy BANGS-7411

Ursus americanus americanus Pallas, 1780

Holotype of Ursus (Euarctos) americanus sornborgeri

Date Collected:

1897-06-21/1897-09-22

North America: Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador: Okak Island | Okak

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7411 JSON-LD

Media type: text; Mammalogy BANGS-7411 shows cataloged_item BOM-7365 Description: measurements;

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Current Identification
Ursus americanus americanus Pallas, 1780
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Common Name(s): American black bear
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Ursus americanus sornborgeri Bangs
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Bangs Ledger
Ursus (Euarctos) americanus sornborgeri Bangs, 1898
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae
Determiner: Outram Bangslinked data icon on 1898-07-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication

Bangs 1898, page 500, Holotype of Ursus (Euarctos) americanus sornborgeri Bangs, 1898
Media type: text; Bangs 1898 Description: A list of the mammals of Labrador;

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Shows Publication: Bangs 1898 Description: A list of the mammals of Labrador

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-30   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Island:
  • Okak Island
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Okak
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Okak
  • Georeference:
  • 57.5217720°, -61.902719° (Error radius: 10373m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2022-07-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1897-06-21 / 1897-09-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Summer 1897
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • obtained by Sornborger from the Esquimaux trappers in summer of 1897
  • Collector:
  • Jewell David Sornbörger

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Media type: text; Mammalogy BANGS-7401; BANGS-7402; BANGS-7403; BANGS-7404; BANGS-7405; BANGS-7406; BANGS-7407; BANGS-7408; BANGS-7409; BANGS-7410; BANGS-7411; BANGS-7412; BANGS-7413; BANGS-7414; BANGS-7415; BANGS-7416; BANGS-7417; BANGS-7418; BANGS-7419; BANGS-7420; BANGS-7421; BANGS-7422; BANGS-7423; BANGS-7424; BANGS-7425; BANGS-7426; BANGS-7427; BANGS-7428; BANGS-7429; BANGS-7430; BANGS-7431; BANGS-7432; BANGS-7433; BANGS-7434; BANGS-7435; BANGS-7436; BANGS-7437; BANGS-7438; BANGS-7439; BANGS-7440; BANGS-7441; BANGS-7442; BANGS-7443; BANGS-7444; BANGS-7445; BANGS-7446; BANGS-7447; BANGS-7448; BANGS-7449; BANGS-7450 Description: MCZ Mammalogy E.A. and O. Bangs Collection bangs-005001, pg.51;

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Ledger Entry for: 50 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7401 Sorex vagrans vagrans to MC...

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