Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Ursidae > Genus Ursus

Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ursus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Thalarctos maritimus*	Phipps, 1774	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ijsbeer

English: polar bear sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

German: Eisbär; Polarbär sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Πολική αρκούδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: baltasis lokys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: isbjørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: isbjørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: isbjørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: niedźwiedź polarny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: белый медведь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: beli medved sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: oso polar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kutup ayisi; kutup ayısı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Білий ведмідь; Ведмідь білий

Literature

basis of record	Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).