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    The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can...
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    Ursus maritimus tyrannus (lit. 'tyrant maritime bear') is a controversial extinct subspecies of polar bear. The subspecies of polar bear was named by...
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    geographical location. American black bears (Ursus amercanus), brown bears (Ursus arctos) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) all have mating seasons occurring within...
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    Retrieved February 24, 2023. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ursus arctos × Ursus maritimus. Hybrid Bears The North This Week (MP3) (CBC podcast including...
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  • Bear: Ursus maritimus, globalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg Bear Island: Description (1999) C. Michael Hogan (2008) Polar Bear: Ursus maritimus, globalTwitcher...
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    1981). "Ursus Maritimus". Mammalian Species (145): 1–7. doi:10.2307/3503828. JSTOR 3503828. Kurtén, B (1964). "The evolution of the polar bear, Ursus maritimus...
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  • (2002). "Postnatal growth in body length and mass of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard". Journal of Zoology. 256 (3): 343–349. doi:10.1017/S0952836902000377...
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    Sun bear (redirect from Ursus (Helarctos))
    photographic capture–recapture sampling based on chest marks". Ursus. 23 (2): 117–133. doi:10.2192/URSUS-D-11-00009.1. S2CID 86278189. Sodhi, N. S.; Koh, L. P...
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    of Wildlife Conservation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27. "Polar bear, (Ursus maritimus)" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Archived from the original...
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    Sloth bear (redirect from Ursus ursinus)
    1793, Meyer named it Melursus lybius, and in 1817, de Blainville named it Ursus labiatus because of its long lips. Illiger named it Prochilus hirsutus,...
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    male Ursus maritimus and a female Ursus arctos". Zoologische Garten: xxiii, 370. Kowalska, Z. (1962). "Intergeneric crossbreed of the brown bear Ursus arctos...
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    Brown bear (redirect from Ursus arctos)
    "Moccasin Joe". The scientific name of the brown bear, Ursus arctos, comes from the Latin ursus, meaning "bear", and the Greek ἄρκτος/arktos, also meaning...
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    polar bears and black bears are present. In the case of polar bears (Ursus maritimus), the shield area contains many of their denning locations, such as...
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    Laidre, K.; Lunn, N.; Obbard, M.; Regehr, E.; Thiemann, G. (2015). "Ursus maritimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22823A14871490. doi:10...
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    remain through the summer months. Moreover, the sub-population of Ursus maritimus polar bears found here is a genetically distinct set of polar bears...
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  • Thus, some species of bear are Ursus americanus (American black bear), Ursus arctos (brown bear), and Ursus maritimus (polar bear). Though the above paragraph...
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  • found in sea water Ursus maritimus, the polar bear Antechinus minimus maritimus, the swamp antechinus Capricornis sumatraensis maritimus, the Indochinese...
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    including the taking of polar bears; the practice of hunting polar bears (Ursus maritimus) continues up to the present time. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is...
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    are recognized: the black bear (Ursus americanus), the brown bear (Ursus arctos), and the polar bear (Ursus maritimus). American black bear in Labrador...
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  • of Wildlife Conservation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27. "Polar bear, (Ursus maritimus)" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Archived from the original...
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  • Academic Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-12-397837-0. University of Michigan. "Ursus Americanus". Retrieved 2013-01-16. Ardito, G. (1976). Check-list of the...
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    Laidre, K.; Lunn, N.; Obbard, M.; Regehr, E.; Thiemann, G. (2015). "Ursus maritimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22823A14871490. doi:10...
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    Baryshnikov, 1985 Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 – polar bear †Ursus minimus (Devèze & Bouillet, 1827) †Ursus pyrenaicus (Depéret, 1892) †Ursus rossicus Borissiak...
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  • Animal Records. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9. "Brown bear (Ursus arctos)". dinoanimals.com. 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-08-01. Wood, Gerald...
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    prominent in the northern sky. Bear taxon names such as Ursidae and Ursus come from Latin Ursus/Ursa, he-bear/she-bear. The female first name "Ursula", originally...
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    Andriashek, D (2006). "Wolf (Canis lupus) Predation of a Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Cub on the Sea Ice off Northwestern Banks Island, Northwest Territories...
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    American black bear Ursus americanus North America Canada, United States Bear attack Blue shark Prionace glauca Shark attack Brown bear Ursus arctos Asia, Europe...
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    Derocher, A. & Lunn, N. (IUCN SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group) (2008). "Ursus maritimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-13.{{cite...
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    loon. The sound is a location for the presence of the polar bear, Ursus maritimus; in fact, the world's record largest polar bear at 2,210 pounds (1...
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  • exit corridor, in addition to a principal chamber. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) creates a maternity den either in an earthen subterranean or in a...
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