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Common Name

Sharp Tailed Grouse

Specimen Numbers

USNM-559943

Species

Species: phasianellus

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Tetraoninae Genus: Tympanuchus Species: phasianellus 126

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	56.903	26.594	23.781
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	0	0	0
Cervical Vertebrae 3	0	0	0
Scapula	62.795	18.519	47.304

Specimen Elements

City

USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

S. Olson

Collection

SI:VertebrateZoo:Birds

Sex

Female

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

SI:VertebrateZoo:Birds

Country: USA - State: Louisiana - - Location: North Pacific: 51 de - - Location: Bering Sea - State: Iowa - State: Idaho - - Location: Arco Desert - - Location: DOR-Bonner County - - Location: Springfield - State: Maine - - Location: Wiscasset - - Location: Eastport - State: Hawaii - State: Alaska - - Location: in the corners - - Location: North slope Borough, - - Location: Seaward peniusla cap - - Location: Bering Sea 62 degree - - Location: Kenai Penninsula: be - - Location: St. Paul Island, NE - - Location: Valdez-Cordova CA Pr - - Location: Bearing sea, 62 degr - - Location: North slope near Poi - - Location: North Slope; Chukchi - - Location: Bearing Sea, 63 degr - - Location: North Pacific: 51 de - - Location: Recovered from the N - - Location: North Pacific Ocean - - Location: North Pacific Ocean: - - Location: Yukon-Koyukuk (ca); - - Location: Anchorage, Anchorage - - Location: Petersburg, Wrangel - - Location: Deadhorse, Kupuruk O - - Location: Pribilof Islands, St - - Location: Green Island - - Location: St. Paul Island - - Location: Atka Island - - Location: Wrangell Harbor - - Location: Admirality Is., 2 miles North of Kootznahoo - - Location: Tanaga Island - - Location: Mouth of Anan Creek - - Location: Kruzof Island - - Location: Ooglaamie - - Location: Izembk Bay - - Location: Korovin Lake, Atka Island - - Location: Glacier Bay National Park, Gustavus - - Location: Spafarief Bay Alaska - - Location: Beaufort Sea - - Location: 59 Degress 24 Minutes N 172 Degrees 53 Minutes W - - Location: Bristol Bay - - Location: Akwe River mouth - - Location: Fossil Beach, Narrow Cape - - Location: Viekoda Bay - - Location: Nazan Bay, village of Atka - - Location: North Pacific Ocean - Bearing Sea - - Location: North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea - State: Washington - - Location: Pierce County South - - Location: Snohomish Co. Everet - - Location: Tacoma - - Location: Pt. Defiance Zoo Tac - - Location: - - Location: Skagit Co. Conway - - Location: King County - - Location: Grey's Harbor - - Location: Okanogan County - - Location: King co., Seattle, P - - Location: Kittitas Co. - - Location: Jefferson Co., Squam - - Location: Kitsap Co. Eglon 1 b - - Location: Dungeness Spit - - Location: Island Co. County; W - - Location: Burke Washington Sta - - Location: Pierce county, Mt. R - - Location: Okanogan Co; Loomis; - - Location: Whatcom Co., Game Ma - - Location: Cowlitz Co. GMU 548, - - Location: Green River Hatchery - - Location: Waterfront, Fish co. - - Location: Case Inlet - - Location: Neah Bay - - Location: Strawberry Rocks, Mukkaw Bay, Neah Bay - - Location: Fish Market, Seattle - - Location: Columbia River - - Location: Willapa Bay - - Location: Seattle - - Location: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle - State: Unknown - - Location: - - Location: Manitoba, Canada - State: British Columbia - - Location: Prince Rupert - State: Oregon - - Location: Lincoln County; Otis - State: Arizona - - Location: Apache co. West of W - State: North Carolina - - Location: Pamlico Sound, near - State: Florida - - Location: Wakulla Co., St. Mar - State: Washington, D.C. - - Location: Collected at the Nat - State: New Jersey - - Location: Salem - State: Wyoming - - Location: Elk refuge, Jackson - - Location: Clark's Fork Basin; - - Location: Park co Wyoming, Eas - State: Massachusetts - - Location: Suffolk county, Reve - - Location: Plymouth - - Location: Atlantic, Woods Hole - - Location: Densport - - Location: North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod Bay - State: Minnesota - - Location: Upper Mississippi Ri - - Location: Height-of-Land Lake, Becker Co. - State: California - - Location: Morro Bay - - Location: Morrow Bay - - Location: Montery Co., Point Sur - - Location: Pacific Coast - - Location: Pacific Ocean off Monterey - State: Ohio - State: Michigan - - Location: Northville - - Location: Isle Royal - General Location: North Atlantic Ocean

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Specimen Links

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Comments

Collected by S. L. Olson, W. C. Riggs, T. Kessler, K. Thornton in Todd co. South Dakota; 20 miles SW of Mission; Body molt