New data on the internal organs of a frozen Yukagir bison mummy (Bison priscus Bojanus, 1827), Yakutia, Russia


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Abstract

The paper presents the first morphological description of the internal organs of a frozen corpse of the steppe bison Bison priscus (Bojanus, 1827) from the Holocene of northern Yakutia. Necropsy revealed that most of the internal organs, including the brain, heart with the main vessels, and reproductive system were well preserved. It demonstrated that the anatomy of this bison was close to that of the genera Bos and Bison. Trauma or pathological changes in the organs were not detected. The cause of death of the bison remains unknown.

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N. V. Serdyuk

Borissiak Paleontological Institute

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Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997

O. R. Potapova

Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD, Inc.

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
United States, 1800 Highway 18 Bypass, Hot Springs, SD, 57747

A. S. Kharlamova

Research Institute of Human Morphology

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Tsyurupy 3, Moscow, 117418

E. N. Maschenko

Borissiak Paleontological Institute

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997

K. S. Kirikov

Veterinary Faculty

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077

I. S. Pavlov

Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077

A. V. Protopopov

Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077

V. V. Plotnikov

Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077

S. D. Kolesov

Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077

A. I. Klimovskii

Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies

Email: nataly@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077

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