Polar bear - Ursus maritimus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name	Ursus maritimus
Author	Phipps, 1774
Taxonomic Rank	Species
Taxonomic #	180542
Common Names	English: White Bear English: Polar Bear French: ours blanc
Current Standing	valid
Taxonomic Parents	Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)	Ursus maritimus maritimus Ursus maritimus marinus Thalassarctos jenaensis Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus Thalassarctos labradorensis Ursus polaris Ursus marinus Thalassarctos maritimus groenlandicus

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Courtesy to US Fish & Wildlife Service

ITIS TSN	180542
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
T (Wherever found)
Status - Red List, IUCN
VU (Europe) VU (Global)
#records (spatial)	1,376
#records (non-spatial)	0
#datasets	10
Year	1910 - 2023
Latitude	51.57 - 87.20
Longitude	-178.92 - 178.22
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