Discovery of the Skull of a Grizzly Bear in Labrador

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  • SPIESS
  • STEVEN
چکیده

The skull of a small, young adult grizzly bear was discovered in the course of archaeological excavation of an early historic Eskimo house in northern Labrador. This discovery confirms the rumoured presence of Ursus arctm in Labrador in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is suggested that the Labrador grizzly represents an eastward extension of the barren-ground grizzly population across the mouth of Hudson Bay. RhUMfi. DJcouverte d’un crane de grizzli QU Labrador. Le crâne d’un petit et jeune grizzli adulte fut dicouvert au cours de fouilles archéologiques destin& 8 mettre 8 jour une des premihes maisons historiques esquimaudes dans le nord du Labrador. Cette découverte confirme la rumeur de la prCsence de I’Ursus arctos au Labrador au cours des dix-huitihme et dix-neuvihme siècles. L’auteur sugghge que le grizzli du Labrador reprknte une extension vers l’est de la population grizzli de l’autre cat6 de la bouche de la mer d’Hudson.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007