title: New data on the internal organs of a frozen Yukagir bison mummy (Bison priscus Bojanus, 1827), Yakutia, Russia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia. nataly@paleo.ru.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Serdyuk
authors.affiliation: Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD, Inc., 1800 Highway 18 Bypass, Hot Springs, SD, 57747, USA.
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Potapova
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Human Morphology, ul. Tsyurupy 3, Moscow, 117418, Russia.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kharlamova
authors.affiliation: Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Maschenko
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Faculty, Yakut State Agricultural Academy, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077, Russia.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kirikov
authors.affiliation: Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies, Yakutian Academy of Science, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077, Russia.
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.affiliation: Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies, Yakutian Academy of Science, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Protopopov
authors.affiliation: Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies, Yakutian Academy of Science, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077, Russia.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Plotnikov
authors.affiliation: Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies, Yakutian Academy of Science, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077, Russia.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kolesov
authors.affiliation: Department of Mammoth Fauna Studies, Yakutian Academy of Science, pr. Lenina 33, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, 677077, Russia.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Klimovskii
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016164:Bison / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005580:Fossils; D012800:Siberia