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Common Name

Rock Ptarmigan

Specimen Numbers

CMC Rock Ptarmigan

Species

Species: mutus(muta)

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Tetraoninae Genus: Lagopus Species: mutus(muta) 127

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	46.544	23.941	21.116
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	9.481	7.01	6.742
Cervical Vertebrae 3	9.841	7.343	6.277
Scapula	59.215	11.841	6.792
Humerus	55.78	15.976	9.531

Specimen Elements

City

Inukjuak area, North

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

D. Weetaluktuk

Collection

CMCC

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Canadian Musem of Civilization

Country: Canada State: Quebec - - Location: Inukjuak area, North

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Comments

From the McCartney Collection