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Common Name

Elk (Juvenile)

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-749

Species

Species: elaphus

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Subfamily: Cervinae Genus: Cervus Species: elaphus 929

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	312.603	136.937	120.489
Mandible Right	262.126	28.245	145.56
Mandible Left	260.386	30.744	148.001
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	69.859	90.472	54.177
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	106.542	64.928	67.87

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Idaho F. Game

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Female

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

1450 Anteres Dr., Idaho Falls, ID; Unit 63 (IDFG); permit to transport #4282, issued 3/16/83 by M. H. Luther