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Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Voyage Towards North Pole p.185
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Carnivora
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family
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Ursidae
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genus
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Ursus
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species
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Ursus maritimus
Name
- Synonyms
- Thalarctos maritimus (Phipps, 1774)
- Thalarctos polaris Gray, 1825
- Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus Knottnerus-Meyer, 1908
- Thalassarctos jenaensis Knottnerus-Meyer, 1908
- Thalassarctos labradorensis Knottnerus-Meyer, 1908
- Thalassarctos maritimus groenlandicus Birula, 1932
- Ursus marinus Pallas, 1776
- Ursus maritimus marinus Pallas, 1776
- Ursus maritimus maritimus
- Ursus polaris Shaw, 1792
- Homonyms
- Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774
- Ursus maritimus Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Ariu i bardhe in Albanian
- Baltasis lokys in Lithuanian
- Beli medved in Slovenian
- Eisbar in German
- Eisbär in German
- Eisbär in German
- Hvítabjörn in Icelandic
- Ijsbeer in Dutch
- Isbjörn in Swedish
- Isbjørn in Danish
- Isbjørn in Norwegian
- Jegesmedve in Hungarian
- Jääkarhu in Finnish
- Jääkaru in Estonian
- Nanook in English
- Orso polare in Italian
- Oso polar in Spanish
- Oso polar in language.
- Ours blanc in French
- Ours polaire in French
- Polar Bear in English
- Polar Bear in English
- Polar Bear in English
- Polar Bear in English
- Polar bear in English
- Polar bear in English
- Polarni medvjed in Croatian
- Urs-polar in Romanian
- Urso-polar in Portuguese
- White Bear in English
- White Bear in English
- \ White Bear in English
- ours blanc in French
- ours blanc in French
- polar bear in English
- polar bear in language.
- white bear in language.
- Äisbier in Luxembourgish
- Polar Bear in English
- jiekŋaguovža in Northern Sami
- Bely Medved in Russian
- Eisbär in German
- Isbjørn in Norwegian
- Oso Polar in Spanish
- Ours blanc in French
- Ours polaire in French
- Polarbär in German
- baltasis lokys in Lithuanian
- beli medved in Slovenian
- ijsbeer in Dutch
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Garshelis, D. L. / Don E. Wilson and Rusell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Ursidae (Bears). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 448-492.
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Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
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Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376