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Common Name

Tufted Puffin

Specimen Numbers

USNM-556447

Species

Species: cirrhata

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Alcidae Genus: Fratercula Species: cirrhata 196

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	87.206	36.881	35.708
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 3	0	0	0
Scapula	69.414	11.152	8.756

Specimen Elements

City

Recovered from the N

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

D Ainley

Collection

SI:VertebrateZoo:Birds

Sex

Male

Is Complete

Yes

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

SI:VertebrateZoo:Birds

Country: USA State: Alaska - - Location: Recovered from the N

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

No Body Molt. Stomach contents: squid, plastic particles (detailed in field notes). Largest teste 6.00 mm X 17.0 mm