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= Thalassarctos maritimus groenlandicus Birula, 1932

Ursus (Ursus) maritimus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Collection number:

1442

Taxonomic department number:

 

Osteology department number:

1442

Original label:

Ursus maritimus, самец, Grenlandiya, Rejnhardt. 1842

Collection place:

Denmark, Greenland, West Greenland

Collected:

Rejnhardt G. 

Income number:

 

Field number:

 

«Taxon» catalogue number:

 

GenBank catalogue number:

 

Toponym:

 

Locality:

West Greenland

Habitat, biotope:

 

Altitude, m:

Sex:

male

Age:

adultus

Pelt:

not applicable

Cranium presence:

present

Skeleton presence:

absent

Fixation:

dry

DNA samples:

absent

Specimen presence:

in collection

Specimen condition:

full preservation

Geological epoch:

Holocene

Remarks:

Syn.: Ursus (Ursus) maritimus maritimus

Related publications:

Бируля А.А. К вопросу о географических формах белого медведя (Thalassarctos maritimus Phipps) // Труды ЗИН АН СССР. 1932. Т. 1. С. 99–134.

Specimen images

General view:
Skull, lateral view

Original label
 

Specimen details:
Skull, ventral view

Specimen details:
Mandible

Taxonomical identifications of specimen

Thalassarctos maritimus groenlandicus Birula, 1932 — Birula A.A., 1932 (Accepted)