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The Name "Ursus maritimus" is the scientific name for the Polar Bear
The full classification is as follows: # Domain: Eukarya # Kingdom: Animalia # Phylum: Chardata # Class: Mammalia # Order: Carnivora # Family: Ursidae # Genus: Ursus # Species Ursus maritimus The name "Ursus maritimus" is Latin for maritime bear, and was first used by Phipps, because of the bears native ocean/shore habitat. For more details see sites listed below. The scientific name for the Sun Bear is "Helarctos malayanus".
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∙ 12y agoBear of the Sea or bear having to do with the sea
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∙ 9y agoUrsus means bear and maritimusmeans sea
This is the zoological name for the Polar Bear
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∙ 6y agoUrsa maritimus means maritime bear or sea-going bear.
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∙ 11y agoice bear
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∙ 13y agoIts Ursus
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Is there a second name for polar bears?
Latin Name: Ursus Maritimus
What is a polar bear's Latin name?
"Ursus maritimus" is the Latin name for the Polar Bear.
What is polar bears species?
ursus maritimus.
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.
What is the scientific name for the polar bear and why?
Ursus maritimus Ursus: Latin for "bear" Maritimus: Latin for "pertaining to the sea, maritime"
What is the polar bears full name?
Ursus Maritimus
What is the scientific name of the Antarctic polar bear?
There is no Antarctic polar bear. All polar bears live in the Arctic which have the scientific name of 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 are polar bears also called?
Their scientific name is ursa maritimus.
What is the scientific name of a polar bear?
loeisetr poertaiusThe Polar bear is Thalarctos Maritimus.
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 the genus and species for brown bears?
Polar bear is their species. They are a type of marine mammal.
