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Common Name

Black Bear

Specimen Numbers

CMC-Ursus Americanus

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 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	293.291	168.499	134.536

Specimen Elements

City

Pugwash, Cumberland

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Ronald Betts

Collection

CMCC

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Canadian Musem of Civilization

Country: Canada State: Nova Scotia - - Location: Pugwash, Cumberland

Cause Of Death

Gunshot

Elements

Comments

Trapped in a leg hold wire trap (hence the wear on teeth), then shot with a cap and ball black powder pistol