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Common Name

Ribbon seal

Specimen Numbers

UWBM 34223

Species

Species: Histriophoca fasciata

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Phocidae Genus: Histriophoca Species: Histriophoca fasciata 961

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	55.466	43.994	57.825
Cervical Vertebrae 3	45.457	66.419	47.033
Scapula	151.769	164.208	41.751
Humerus	124.985	54.017	63.487

Specimen Elements

City

Bering Sea 62 degree

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

John J. Burns

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: Alaska - - Location: Bering Sea 62 degree

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

The Specimen is missing the Skull and Mandibles, otherwise it is complete.

Sequenced a ~400 bp fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Sarah Brown, PhD, Post Doctoral Researcher, UC Davis Canid Diversity and Conservation Lab, Veterinary Genetics Lab identified to Histriphoca fasciata (100% match).