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MCZ Ornithology 341900

Mergus merganser americanus Cassin, 1852

Date Collected:

1884-02-13

North America: United States: New York: Westchester | Ossining

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Orn:341900 JSON-LD

Media type: 3D model, MCZ:Orn:341900 Identified as Mergus merganser americanus.

(Media Record)(media file)

MCZ:Orn:341900 Mergus merganser americanus.

Current Identification
Mergus merganser americanus Cassin, 1852
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Anseriformes Anseres Anatidae
Common Name(s): Common Merganser
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog

  • None

  • previous number: 211

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial skeleton (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

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  • Preparation Description: sternum | Data Checked: specimen - June 2009 DTT |

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • New York
  • County:
  • Westchester
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Ossining
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • North America, USA, New York, Westchester, Ossining
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Sing Sing pre 1901
  • Georeference:
  • 41.1627777, -73.861944 (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 2010-12-12 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (41° 9′ 46″ N  73° 51′ 43″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1884-02-13
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 13/2/1884
  • Collector:
  • Albert K. Fisher

  • None

Media type: text, Ornithology 341876; 341877; 341879; 341880; 341881; 341882; 341883; 341884; 341885; 341886; 341887; 341889; 341890; 341891; 341895; 341896; 341897; 341900 Description: MCZ Ornithology Skeletal Collection bones-340001, pg.79

(Media Record)(media file)

Ledger page for: MCZ:Orn:341876 Description: MCZ Ornithology Skeletal Collection bones-340001, pg.79

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