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Common Name

Moose

Specimen Numbers

UWBM-39479

Species

Species: alces

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae Subfamily: Capreolinae Genus: Alces Species: alces 68

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	614.176	241.967	237.257
Mandible Right	343.607	59.016	242.753
Mandible Left	275.173	61.352	235.569
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	117.174	164.112	96.936
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	143.793	116.153	125.895

Specimen Elements

City

Yukon-Koyukuk (ca);

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

L. Johnson

Collection

Burke Museum: Mammology

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Country: USA State: Alaska - - Location: Yukon-Koyukuk (ca);

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

Nenana River, 3 mi W. Prep: M. L. Johnson 6829; Coll: L. Johnson, W. Forsberg. All the ribs but one were cut in half.