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Common Name

Muskrat

Specimen Numbers

UWBM-39363

Species

Species: zibethicus

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Rodentia Suborder: Myomorpha Family: Muridae Subfamily: Arvicolinae Genus: Ondatra Species: zibethicus 39

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	66.469	40.515	30.94
Mandible Right	48.21	9.223	26.441
Mandible Left	50.124	10.683	28.928
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	5.888	18.496	10.608
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	24.228	19.932	15.539

Specimen Elements

City

King co., Seattle, P

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

Burke Museum: Mammology

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Country: USA State: Washington - - Location: King co., Seattle, P

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

Two "other numbers" were associated with this specimen. EEM11 and 582-294-78-25