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Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Carnivora - carnivores »  family Ursidae - bears

Scientific synonyms

Thalarctos polaris Gray, 1825
Ursus maritimus marinus Pallas, 1776

IUCN category:Vulnerable

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Intertaxon relationships

prey: Erignathus barbatus Erxleben, 1777 - Bearded Seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) - Harp Seal, Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775) - Ringed Seal, Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Walrus, Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) - Beluga Whale, ...

Links and literature

EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305357] [as Ursus maritimus (Phipps, 1774)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774]

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