0
Scientists have determined that the Ursus maritimus or polar bear and the Ursus arctos or brown bear, are genetically related. This is supported by the evidence that these 2 species can interbreed to produce a hybrid, fertile offspring.
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is 'ursus arcticus'?
Ursus arctos is the Latin name for the Brown Bear. Ursus maritimus is the Latin name for a Polar Bear.
What is kodiak bear in latin?
The Kodiak Bear's scientific name, given in Latin, is Ursus arctos middendorffi, a subspecies of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos).
Does Ursus maritimus mean sea bear?
The name maritimus means sea the Ursus part means bear so the name means sea bear
How do you know that the polar bear and grizzly bear are more closely related to each other than the giant panda?
Just by looking at the genus name of the animal. The Genus and species name of the Giant Panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca, whereas the Genus and Species name of the Polar bear and Grizzly bear are Ursus maritimus and Ursus arctos horribilis, respectively. All three species of bears, however, are all a part of the Family Ursidae.
What type of animals belong to the same family as ursus arctos?
There are 16 subspecies of the species ursus arctos (brown bear). These include, among others, the Kodiak bear, the inland grizzly bear, the Himalayan Brown Bear and the Marsican Brown Bear.
Which of the following organisms are the most closely relatedA Ursus arctos and Ursus maritimus BFelis ursus and Ursus arctos CFelis arctos and Ursus felis DUrsus ursus and Felis felis?
b b
What two polar bears live in the arctic?
The brown bear [Ursus arctos], especially the Kodiak bear [Ursus arctos middendorffi]; and the polar bear [Ursus maritimus].
What is 'ursus arcticus'?
Ursus arctos is the Latin name for the Brown Bear. Ursus maritimus is the Latin name for a Polar Bear.
What is binomial nomenclature of a grizzly bear?
The bionomial nomenclature of the polar bear is Ursus maritimus
What is the genus and species for brown bears?
Polar bear is their species. They are a type of marine mammal.
Are Ursus arctos and Ursus maritimus related?
Yes. The brown and polar bears are very close relatives. The two species diverged within the last several hundred thousand years.
Are arctos and ursus related?
i think yes
How do you pronounce ursus maritimus?
like this Ursus maritimus its easy
How do you say black bear in Latin?
The literal translation of "black bear" in Latin is ursus ater.The scientific name of the species of bear known as "American black bear" is Ursus americanus.
What genus does the grizzly bear Urus Arctos belong to?
UrsusThe full name of the grizzly bear is Ursus arctos horriblis. The genus would be Ursus.
Do Ursus arctos and Ursus maritimus belong in the same species?
They have the same genus - "URSUS". *1st part of scientific name is the genus, 2nd is the species
What is the scientific name for polar bears?
Ursus maritimus ("sea bear") is the scientific name for a polar bear.(Originally the polar bear was classified a separate genus from other species of bears, as Thalarctos maritimus.)I think its Ursus maritimus but i am not 100% sure :)The scientific name for the polar bear is Ursus maritimus.Formally Thalarctos Maritimus. However, since recent data shows they are very closely related to brown bears, it has been changed to Ursus Maritimus.The scientific name for polar bears is Ursus maritimus.
