Polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Classification
Domain: Eukarya
Animalia-animals
Phylum-chordates
Class-mammals
Order-carnivors
Family-bears
Genus-black bears, brown bears, and polar bear
Species-polar bear
Polar bear defense mode
Natural Range Map
Polar bear at sea
Physical Adaptations
Behavioral Adaptions
General Description
Weight: Males can be 775 to 1,200 lbs., while females are about 330 to 650 lbs.
Color: Polar bears fur is white, but as they get older their fur get's yellow.
Natural Range: Polar bears are usually from Antarctica, but there has been some sightings in Greenland.
Diet: In the wild it's Ringed seals, bearded seals, seabirds, fish, vegetation, and carcasses of marine mammals (berries in summer), grass. And at the zoo it's Ringed seals, bearded seals, seabirds, fish, vegetation, and carcasses of marine mammals (berries in summer), grass.
Habitat Description: Polar bears like to live in snow caves
Predators: Humans, Male Polar bears (for cubs), Native people in the arctic