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2007 IUCN Red List – 2006 Photo Gallery
For commercial use, please contact the photographers directly. Mammals The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) moved into the threatened categories after being reassessed as Vulnerable for the 2006 Red List. Recent modelling of the trends for sea ice extent, thickness and timing of coverage ...
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2007 IUCN Red List – Search
List Overview Data Organization Summary Statistics Sources & Quality Categories & Criteria Classification Schemes Photo Gallery References Publications & Links FAQs Feedback User Log In Sponsors Ursus maritimus – Vulnerable Summary Classification Schemes Images & External Links Bibliography Full Account Taxonomy Kingdom: ANIMALIA Phylum: CHORDATA Class: MAMMALIA Order: CARNIVORA Family: URSIDAE ...
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Conservation Magazine - Teaching Tools
Cities seem like ecological nightmares. But perhaps the conventional wisdom is exactly backward. by Jonah Lehrer 2007 October-December 2007 (Vol. 8, No. 4) Saint Ursus Maritimus Icons are about simplicity and clarity. No gray areas. But what happens when the real polar bear clashes with ...
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Polar Bear - Defenders of Wildlife
Thick-Billed Parrot Tiger Vaquita Walrus Western Snowy Plover Whale Wolf, Gray Wolverine Woodland Caribou Woodpeckers -- Habitats -- Desert Forest Grasslands Marine Wetlands Wildlife & Habitat Home Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Polar Bears Listed May 14, 2008 - Defenders of Wildlife welcomes decision to list polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, points out Bush administration ...
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Eco Field Guide: Mammals
Caribou Rangifer tarandus Eastern wolf Canis lupus lycaons Grizzly bear Ursus arctos horribilis Harp seals Phoca groenlandica Least Chipmunk Eutamias minimus Moose Alces alces Polar bear Ursus Maritimus Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus Walrus Odobenus rosmarus Raccoon Procyon lotor Ringed seal Pusa (Phoca) hispida Striped skunk Bison bison athabascae Muskox Ovibos moschatus Eastern grey ...
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Northern organisms
Harp seals Phoca groenlandica Labrador tea Rhododendron groenlandicum Mountain avens Dryas integrifolia/ octopetala Muskox Ovibos moschatus Narwhal Monodon monoceros Peregrine falcon Lepisma saccharina Polar bear Ursus Maritimus Reindeer moss Cladina rangiferina Ringed seal Pusa (Phoca) hispida Rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Tundra swan Cygnus ...
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EDGE :: Species Search
(Hyloscirtus ptychodactylus)Pingwu lazy toad (Scutiger pingwuensis)Pink-sided treefrog (Agalychnis litodryas)Piura water frog (Telmatobius ignavus)Plains viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae)Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)Polillo forest frog (Platymantis polillensis)Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata)Pomugu wrinkled ground frog (Platymantis akarithyma)Poncelet's giant rat (Solomys ...
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World Records
Creature World Largest Living Thing Armillaria ostoyae Fungus Biggest Living Creature Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale Largest on Land Loxodonta africana African Elephant Largest Land Carnivore Ursus maritimus Polar Bear Largest North American Cat Felis concolor Mountain Lion Strongest Creature Oryctes rhinoceros Rhinoceros Beetle Oldest Living Thing Oldest Living Creature Madagascar radiated ...
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Great Bear Foundation
Hiram Bullock. Thank you Polar Bear Listing Rachel Courtland In a long-anticipated decision hailed as a victory by environmental groups, the United States last week declared the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) a 'threatened' species. But this heightened protection status may have little bearing on the animals' ultimate fate. The ...
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Polar bear control and management, Ursus arctos
Ramsay, M. A., and I. Stirling. 1988. Reproductive biology and ecology of female polar bears Ursus maritimus . J. Zool. London. 214:601-634. Schliebe, S. 1991. Polar bear management in Alaska. ... . Polar bears. Univ. Michigan Press., Ann Arbor. 220 pp. Stirling, I. 1988b. Attraction of polar bears Ursus maritimus to offshore drilling sites in the eastern Beaufort Sea. Polar Record 24(148):1-8. ...
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