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
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