Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Thalarctos maritimus
Synonyms: Thalarctos polaris Gray 1825, Ursus marinus Pallas 1776, Ursus polaris Shaw 1792
Belongs to Ursus according to S. Larivière 2001
See also Alroy 2002, DeMaster and Stirling 1981, Ewer 1973, Kurten 1964, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Waits et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus inopinatus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus kokeni, Ursus malayanus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Ursus thibetanus, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis, Euarctos optimus, Euarctos minimus
Subtaxa: Ursus maritimus maritimus Ursus maritimus tyrannus
Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 27.3, humerus diameter 34.4, radius diameter 18.6, tibia diameter 26.0
Estimated body mass: 116.4 kg based on femur diameter, humerus diameter, and tibia diameter
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (41: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Greenland (30), North Pacific (1), Norway (8), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (9), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Alaska)
Total: 113 collections including 114 occurrences
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