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Common Name

Bearded Seal

Specimen Numbers

UWBM-34220

Species

Species: barbatus

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Phocidae Genus: Erignathus Species: barbatus 695

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	214.897	127.692	88.905
Mandible Right	136.358	28.38	63.413
Mandible Left	139.73	29.452	61.017
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	42.914	108.867	51.337
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	55.857	55.946	48.805

Specimen Elements

City

Bearing sea, 62 degr

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

John J. Burnes

Collection

Burke Museum: Mammology

Sex

Female

Is Complete

Yes

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Country: USA State: Alaska - - Location: Bearing sea, 62 degr

Cause Of Death

Old Age

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Comments

The teeth are heavily worn (the animal has lost most of it's teeth)