Mammals

There are 148 samples from mammals in the collection, mostly domestic. These include 90 partial skeletons from Icelandic sheep, which have detailed information about sex, age and size. Most of the sheep samples include include at a minimum a skull, mandibles, humerus, femur, tibia, scapula, parts of the vertebral column and ribs. For wild animals the collection has a dolphin, harbour porpoises, several seals, arctic foxes and more.

The provided spreadsheet is a simplified version. Download here for the full version. If you want any further information or wish to reference the reference collection please contact Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir.

Species English	Species Icelandic	Species Latin	Breed	Sex	Age	Country of origin	Completeness	Pathology	Date of collection	Date in reference collection	Specimen number


Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	jaw: missing canine	no	unknown	summer 2009	M071
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	Juvenile	Iceland	parts of skull	no	unknown	summer 2009	M077
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	skull; missing i3 on the left side	no	unknown	summer 2009	M075
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	jaw : missing canine	no	unknown	summer 2009	M080
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	jaw: missing canine	no	unknown	summer 2009	M072
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpues lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	male	adult	Iceland	Whole skeleton except for tail.	Yes - Fracture/ infection of phalange 1 and phalange 2 so they are partially fused.	01/08/12	07/10/15	M066
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	Skull : missing two teeth	no	unknown	summer 2009	M078
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpues lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	female	adult	Iceland	Whole skeleton except for tail.	no	01/08/12	2016	M065
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	jaw: missing canine	no	unknown	summer 2009	M073
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	jaw: missing canine	no	unknown	summer 2009	M074
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	Skull : all teeth present	no	unknown	summer 2009	M076
Arctic fox	Refur ?	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus?	Icelandic foc	unknown	unknown	Iceland	tibia ?	no	2007	August 2017	M132
Arctic fox	Refur	Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus	Icelandic fox	unknown	adult	Iceland	Skull	no	unknown	summer 2009	M079
Brown rat	Brúnrotta	Rattus norvegicus	unknown	unknown	adult, but not fully grown	Iceland	whole skeleton	No	unknown	17/07/13	M042
Brown rat	Brúnrotta	Rattus norvegicus	unknown	unknown	adult, but not fully grown	Iceland	whole skeleton: missing some of smaller bones	No	unknown	09/07/13	M044
Brown rat	Brúnrotta	Rattus norvegicus	unknown	unknown	adult	Iceland	whole skeleton	No	unknown	17/07/13	M041
Brown rat	Brúnrotta	Rattus norvegicus	unknown	unknown	adult, but not fully grown	Iceland	whole skeleton	No	unknown	19/07/13	M043
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	unknown	almost adult	Iceland	Three boneparts from osso bucco slices. One near proximal tibia end, two from diaphisis on tibia	no	26/10/13	10/07/13	M093
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	icelandic cattle	male	Neonatal, died at birth.	Iceland	Whole skeleton.	no	24/11/15	20/07/16	M119
Cattle	Kú	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	unknown	adult	Iceland	pelvis, humerus, femur, tibia	no	14/06/12	2012	M056
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	female	adult	Iceland	skull.	No	summer 2010	2010	M027
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	unknown	not fully grown	Iceland	1	no	unknown	10/07/13	M098
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	icelandic cattle	unknown	adult	Iceland	part of jaw	no	unknown	2012	M084
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	horn with a cast inside	no	2011	2011	M100
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	icelandic cattle	unknown	not fully grown	Iceland	1	no	unknown	10/07/13	M099
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	male	3 months	Iceland	Whole skeleton.	no	04/01/16	August 2017	M122
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	unknown	adult	Iceland	missing P2, P3 and incisors	No	2009	2009	M025
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	unknown	Neonatal	Iceland	parts of skeleton	No	summer 2010	2012	M023
Cattle	Nautgripur	Bos taurus	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Humerus, distal	no	2007	August 2017	M129
Dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	adult	n/a	skull	No	bought 02.03.2009.	2009	M029
Dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	adult	n/a	skull	No	bought 02.03.2009.	2009	M031
Dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	adult	n/a	one bone	No	2008	2008	M026
Dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	adult	n/a	skull	No	bought 02.03.2009.	2009	M030
Dolphin	Höfrungur	Cetacea	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Whole skeleton, missing some teeths	no	24/11/12	23/06/16	M067
Domestic cat	Köttur	Felix catus domesticus	Icelandic domestic cat	female	almost adult	Iceland	null	no	08/10/12	2016	M064
Domestic cat	Köttur	Felix catus domesticus	unknown	unknown	adults, most of them	USA	9 skulls with jaws	no	Keypt í febrúar 2014.	February 2014	M107
Domestic cat	Köttur	Felix catus domesticus	unknown	unknown	kitten (weaned)	UK	almost a whole skeleton	no	unknown	22/07/16	M136
Domestic cat	Köttur	Felix catus domesticus	unknown	male	unknown	UK	Whole skeleton	no	unknown	22/07/16	M135
Domestic cattle	Kú	Bos taurus	Icelandic cattle	unknown	Neonatal	Iceland	parts of skeleton ; parts of skull, jaw, ribs, few vertebrae and humerus	no	summer 2010	2012	M062
Domestic dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	adult	USA	skull	no	bought in December 2012.	December 2012	M070
Domestic dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	puppies	USA	skulls from 5 puppies	no	bought in December 2012.	December 2012	M069
Domestic dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	Border collie	male	adult	USA	whole skeleton	no	14/06/13	August 2016	M087
Domestic dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	Spaniel	unknown	unknown	USA	whole skeleton	no	unknown	2012	M054
Domestic dog	Hundur	Canis familiaris	unknown	unknown	adult	USA	Skull and lower jaw	no	unknown	2011	M060
Domestic goat	Geit	Capra hircus	Icelandic goat	unknown	kid	Iceland	smaller bones	no	30/09/11	2011	M050
Domestic goat	Geit	Capra hircus	Icelandic goat	female	4 yrs	Iceland	whole skeleton	yes, on a few ribs. Reason unknown ; fraction, infection, cancer ?	30/09/11	23/10/15	M047
Domestic goat	Geit	Capra hircus	Icelandic goat	female	adult	Iceland	n/a	no	unknown	2011	M049
Domestic goat	Geit	Capra hircus	Icelandic goat	unknown	6-7 moths	Iceland	Femur, tibia and part of pelvis	no	n/a	08/07/16	M108
Domestic goat	Geit	Capra hircus	English goat	male	kid	Iceland	whole skeleton	no	unknown	2012	M055
Domestic goat	Geit	Capra hircus	Icelandic goat	male	adult	Iceland	n/a	no	unknown	2011	M048
Domestic horse	Hestur	Equus caballus	Icelandic horse	female	adult	Iceland	Bara calcaneus	no	unknown	01/10/16	M138
Domestic pig	Svín	Sus scrofa domesticus	unknown	unknown	unknown	UK	Parts of skeleton	no	unknown	22/07/16	M137
Domestic pig	Svín	Sus scrofa domesticus	unknown	unknown	piglette	Iceland	almost whole skeleton	no	01/08/11	Januar 2013	M053
European rabbit/common rabbit	Kanína	Oryctolagus cuniculus	unknown	unknown	adult	England	Whole skeleton.	no	2010/2011	2011	M051
European rabbit/common rabbit	Kanína	Oryctolagus cuniculus	unknown	unknown	unknown	Scotland	humerus, radius and ulna.	no	04/04/16	27/05/16	M123
Grey seal	Útselur	Halichoerus grypus	unknown	male	adult	Iceland	almost whole skeleton- missing smaller bones	No	14/07/11	summer 2012.	M034
Grey seal	Útselur/haustselur.	Halichoerus grypus	unknown	unknown	adult	Iceland	Humerus, distal	no	13/07/13	17/07/13	M103
Hamster	Hamstur	Cricetinae	n/a	unknown	adult	Iceland	whole skeleton	No	01/02/09	2011	M019
Harbor porpoise	Hnísa	Phocoena phocoena	n/a	Male	Adult	Iceland	Whole skeleton.	No	03/06/16	August 2017	M125
Harbor seal	Landselur	Phoca vitulina	unknown	unknown	cup	Iceland	parts of skeleton : vertebrae, ribs, small parts of skull and some long bones	no	05/08/12	07/10/15	M063
Horse	Hestur	Equus caballus	Icelandic horse	unknown	5-7 yrs	Iceland	almost whole skeleton	No	summer 2010	2010	M022
Horse	Hestur	Equus caballus	Icelandic horse	unknown	adult	Iceland	almost whole skeleton	No	summer 2007	2007	M028
Large terrestrial mammal LTM	Stórt landsspendýr, líklega af nautgrip	Large terrestrial mammal (sennilega Bos taurus)	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	One large rib	no	Jun-15	12/06/15	M109
Pig	Svín	Sus scrofa domesticus	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	one part of petrus bulla	no	unknown	10/10/16	M142
Seal	Selur	Phocidae	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	two teeth	no	unknown	2011	M061
Seal	Selur	Pinniped	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Temporal bone	no	unknown	August 2017	M128
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	3-5 months	Iceland	Bone from four leg pieces, part of acetabulum, innominate (pelvis) and proximal femur. All intermediate fusion.	no	Haust 2012.	10/07/13	M094
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	Female	newborn	Iceland	whole skeleton	No	10/05/10	2012	M016
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	half a skull	no	unknown	July 2016	M118
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	adult	Iceland	one jaw	no	unknown	2012	M083
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	Juvenile	Iceland	Scapula	no	Fannst 2012	August 2017	M110
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Radius - some damege on the ends	no	unknown	summer 2012.	M082
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	male	6-7 months	Iceland	half a skull	No	2014	04/11/15	M046
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	6-7 months	Iceland	thighbone	No	01/06/10	summer 2010	M017
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	half a skull	no	unknown	July 2016	M115
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	Female (based on Hatting 1995)	1 1/2- 2 1/2 yrs (based on Hatting 1995)	Iceland	almost whole skeleton, missing smaller bone	No	summer 2010	2012	M020
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	male	adult	Iceland	Horn	No	unknown	summer 2012.	M039
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Lower jaw	no	unknown	July 2016	M114
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	parts of humerus	No	08/07/11	summer 2012.	M040
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	Female	4-5 yrs	Iceland	almost whole skeleton	No	01/08/08	2008	M002
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Lower jaw	yes	n/a	August 2017	M130
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	lamb	Iceland	almost whole skeleton, missing skull and jaws	no	13/05/12	summer 2012.	M058
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	half a skull	no	unknown	July 2016	M116
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	n/a	Iceland	Skull, one jaw, parts of pelvis, scapula, tibia, femur and one rib	no	unknown	2012	M059
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	Lamb	Iceland	A partial skull, occ, zyg, frn, pet	no	June 2007	2007	M146
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	Adult	Iceland	n/a	No	summer 2007	2012	M024
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	part of upper jaw	no	unknown	July 2016	M117
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Half of split metacarpal, fused.	no	Jun-13	10/07/13	M096
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic cattle	male	21 moths	Iceland	Whole skeleton.	no	12/01/16	18/07/16	M120
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	1 week	Iceland	whole skeleton	No	15/06/06	2008	M001
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	male	adult	Iceland	Horn	No	unknown	summer 2012.	M038
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Lower jaw	no	unknown	July 2016	M113
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	6-7 months	Iceland	Thighbone: femur and a part of tibia	No	2015	2015	M045
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	6-7 months	Iceland	thighbone	No	01/06/10	summer 2010	M018
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	Female (based on Hatting 1995)	1 1/2- 2 1/2 yrs (based on Hatting 1995)	Iceland	almost whole skeleton- missing skull, most teeths and jaws	No	summer 2010	2012	M021
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	adult	Iceland	whole skeleton ; missing smaller bones and a few teeth	no	unknown	summer 2011	M081
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	female	adult	Iceland	horned skull : missing some molars	no	14/07/13	17/07/13	M102
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	Female (based on Hatting 1995)	adult	Iceland	Part of skeleton; horned skull,jaws, fraction of hyoid, 3 parts of pelvis (not from same indivitual)	No	summer 2010	2012	M032
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	not fully adult	Iceland	three articulated lumbar vertebra. Intermediate fusion.	no	Jun-13	10/07/13	M095
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Skull with some teeths and small horns	no	unknown	2012	M057
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	Part of a skull	no	2007	August 2017	M131
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	probably female	unknown	Iceland	A single unerupted M3 molar	no	13/11/16	18/11/16	M143
Sheep	Kind	Ovis aries	Icelandic sheep.	unknown	unknown	Iceland	part of tibia/femur ?	no	2007	August 2017	M133
Sperm whale	Búrhvalur	Physeter macrocephalus	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	cast of a teeth	no	unknown	August 2017	M134
Walrus	Atlantshafsrostungur	Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus	Atlantic walrus	Male	Adult	Greenland	Skull and mandible with teeth and os penis.	no	Aug-15	18/10/15	M112
Wood mouse/Long tailed field mouse/Field mouse	Hagamús	Apodemus sylvaticus	unknown	unknown	not fully adult	Iceland	whole skeleton	no	Nóvember 2006.	10/07/13	M097
sperm whale	Búrhvalur	Physeter macrocephalus	unknown	unknown	unknown	Iceland	one fraction - not diagnosed	no	04/10/16	10/10/16	M140