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Ursus maritimus

Ursus maritimus

Eisbär(+15)·Phipps, 1774

GBIF:155304187

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

Distribution Map

Occurrence Map

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(3)

European Marine Waters
North West Atlantic
Spitsbergen

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 13 languages.

deuEisbärdeudeuPolarbärdeulitbaltasis lokyslitslvbeli medvedslvnldijsbeernld+11 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 13 languages.

deuEisbär
deu
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
deuPolarbär
deu
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
litbaltasis lokys
lit
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
slvbeli medved
slv
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
nldijsbeer
nld
nobisbjørn
nob
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
nnoisbjørn
nno
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
turkutup ayisi
tur
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
turkutup ayısı
tur
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
polniedźwiedź polarny
pol
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
spaoso polar
spa
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
engpolar bear
eng
Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
ellΠολική αρκούδα
ell
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrБілий ведмідь
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrВедмідь білий
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
rusбелый медведь
rus
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (233815 nucleotides; 42230 proteins)

NCBI:txid29073

UNKNOWN

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(3)

  • 1

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 2

    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.

    basis of record
  • 3

    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

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155304187
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2433451
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137085
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026