Virtual Paleontology

• Home

View Specimen

Common Name

Polar Bear

Specimen Numbers

UWBM-31586

Species

Species: maritimus

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: maritimus 97

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	318.17	180.46	154.082
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	67.632	141.607	46.953
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	86.911	66.746	80.234
Cervical Vertebrae 3	55.421	78.967	59.587
Scapula	234.887	198.084	77.524

Specimen Elements

City

King County

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

J. Rozdilsky

Collection

Burke Museum: Mammology

Sex

Female

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Country: USA State: Washington - - Location: King County

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Specimen Links

Link

Link

Link

Comments

From the Woodland Park Zoo. Born Nov. 1964, died at age 14. Most of the phalanges are missing, no complete Sternabrae.