Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Ursidae > Genus Ursus

Ursus maritimus (Phipps, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Thalarctos

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

UrsusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Thalarctos maritimus Phipps, 1774 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): isbjørn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: ijsbeer
 English: polar bear sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
 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: Voyage Towards North Pole, p. 185
 Norwegian Nynorsk: isbjørn sources: Voyage Towards North Pole, p. 185
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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

Genbank

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External Links

GBIF

Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Ursus maritimus (Phipps, 1774). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305357

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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