MIDDLE HOLOCENE BROWN BEAR ( URSUS ARCTOS ) FROM BOLSHOY LYAKHOVSKY ISLAND (NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS)

M. Yu. Cheprasov; Чепрасов М. Ю.; A. V. Protopopov; Протопопов А. В.; F. S. Sharko; Шарко Ф. С.; N. V. Slobodova; Слободова Н. В.; E. S. Boulygina; Булыгина Е. С.; L. V. Grigorieva; Григорьева Л. В.; A. N. Tikhonov; Тихонов А. Н.; G. P. Novgorodov; Новгородов Г. П.; G. G. Boeskorov; Боескоров Г. Г.; A. V. Nedoluzhko; Недолужко А. В.

doi:10.31857/S2686738923600498

MIDDLE HOLOCENE BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) FROM BOLSHOY LYAKHOVSKY ISLAND (NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS)

Authors: Cheprasov M.Y.¹, Protopopov A.V.², Sharko F.S.³^,4, Slobodova N.V.³^,5, Boulygina E.S.³, Grigorieva L.V.¹, Tikhonov A.N.¹^,6, Novgorodov G.P.¹, Boeskorov G.G.¹^,7, Nedoluzhko A.V.⁸
Affiliations:
1. Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University”
2. Academy of Sciences of Sakha (Yakutia)
3. National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
4. Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
5. HSE University
6. Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences
7. Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
8. European University at Saint Petersburg
Issue: Vol 513, No 1 (2023)
Pages: 533-538
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-7389/article/view/244359
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686738923600498
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/XQKHRW
ID: 244359

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Here, we present a detailed description of a unique find – a subfossilized brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758) that has been preserved in permafrost. The well-preserved carcass is dated to approximately 3.5 kilo years old (Kya). The results of classical morphological, computed tomography, and ancient DNA analyses of this Holocene brown bear mummy are discussed in this study.

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brown bear, Ursus arctos, Holocene, Yakutia, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, complete carcass, soft tissues, DNA

About the authors

M. Yu. Cheprasov

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University”

Author for correspondence.
Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk

A. V. Protopopov

Academy of Sciences of Sakha (Yakutia)

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk

F. S. Sharko

National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute; Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Russian Federation, Moscow

N. V. Slobodova

National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute; HSE University

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Russian Federation, Moscow

E. S. Boulygina

National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

L. V. Grigorieva

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University”

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk

A. N. Tikhonov

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University”; Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk; Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

G. P. Novgorodov

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University”

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk

G. G. Boeskorov

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “M. K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University”; Diamond and Precious Metal Geology Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk; Russian Federation, Yakutsk

A. V. Nedoluzhko

European University at Saint Petersburg

Email: nohsho@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Saint-Petersburg

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