Ursus maritimus
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Polar_Bear_-_Alaska_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Polar_Bear_-_Alaska_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Latin ursus (“bear”) + maritimus (“of the sea, maritime”).
Proper noun
[edit]- A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – polar bear, a species of bear native to the Arctic, the apex predator within its range.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (species): Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Ursidae - family; Ursus - genus
References
[edit]Polar bear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ursus maritimus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ursus maritimus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ursus maritimus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia