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Scientific Name: Lynx canadensis canadensis
Age [Sex]: Adult [F]
Collection Date: 27 February 2007
Locality: Stevens Village
Higher Geography: North America, USA, Alaska, Yukon-Koyukuk Dist.
Collector Name [Number]: Martin Middelstadt
Notes: Total length taken on fleshed out and gutted specimen. No hyoids, clavicles, or claws. Only one patella. Aged 3-4 years by Martin Middelstadt.
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Scientific Name: Tragelaphus scriptus
Age [Sex]: [M]
Collection Date: 5 Sep 1931
Locality: Burdu
Though this fish is similar in shape and size to a piranha, its teeth tell a different story. It fasts for months, then comes inland with floodwaters, swimming up under trees to eat fallen fruit.
Scientific Name: Sus scrofa moupinensis, originally classified Sus scrofa chirotentis. (Possibly a misspelling or extension of S. s. chirodontus or chirodonticus?)
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