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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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Latin Name: Ursus Maritimus


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"Ursus maritimus" is the Latin name for the Polar Bear.


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ursus maritimus.


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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 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.


Is their any other name for polar bears?

Ursus maritimus is the scientific name. They are also called, "sea bears".