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Common Name

Polar Bear

Specimen Numbers

UWBM-18505

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	206.171	110.117	95.346
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	32.124	77.264	36.595
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	45.781	45.084	45.264
Cervical Vertebrae 3	23.47	50.568	38.387
Scapula	86.43	76.372	38.215

Specimen Elements

City

North slope near Poi

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

R. M. Beavan

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: Alaska - - Location: North slope near Poi

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

Most of the vertebra for this individual were in too bad a shape to even identify. Also, it appears that this individual may have died after suffering a major injury or disease to it's left fore limb, as there is evidence of healing there.