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Is “Ursus arctos” in the public domain?

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Who created “Ursus arctos”?

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E. F. Ball (1886).

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Title	Ursus arctos
Artist	E. F. Ball
Date	1886 19th century
Medium	Skull
Classification	Merriam, C. H. 1914. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 27 : 177.
Origin	Golofnin Bay, S side of Seward Peninsula, near Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
Holding institution	Smithsonian Open Access
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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