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Common Name

Black Bear

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-530

Species

Species: americanus

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus Species: americanus 95 Subspecies: altifrontalis 509 Subspecies: amblyceps 510 Subspecies: americanus 511 Subspecies: californiensis 512 Subspecies: carlottae 513 Subspecies: cinnamomum 514 Subspecies: emmonsii 515 Subspecies: eremicus 516 Subspecies: floridanus 517 Subspecies: hamiltoni 518 Subspecies: kermodei 519 Subspecies: luteolus 520 Subspecies: machetes 521 Subspecies: perniger 522 Subspecies: pugnax 523 Subspecies: vancouveri 524

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	310.484	206.863	121.818
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	61.718	46.703	132.912
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	73.732	60.221	67.753
Scapula	0	0	0
Sacrum	131.373	107.718	58.999

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

John A. White

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Comments

John A. White, Ross Park Zoo collectors