An ursid hybrid is an animal with parents from two different species or subspecies of the Ursidae (bear) family. Species and subspecies of bear known to have produced offspring with another bear species or subspecies include brown bears, black bears, grizzly bears and polar bears, all of which are members of the Ursus genus. Bears not included in Ursus, such as the Giant Panda, are probably unable to produce hybrids. Note all of the confirmed hybrids listed here have been in captivity, but there are unconfirmed reports of hybrids in the wild. In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Genera Ailuropoda Ailurus Helarctos Melursus Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869) Giant Panda range Subspecies A. melanoleuca melanoleuca A. melanoleuca qinlingensis The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca black-and-white cat-foot) is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China. ... // In biology, hybrid has two meanings. ...

Brown bear/Black bear hybrids

In 1859, a black bear and a European brown bear were bred together in the London Zoological Gardens, but the three cubs did not reach maturity. In "The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication," Charles Darwin noted: 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Binomial name Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the cinnamon bear, is the most common bear species native to North America. ... This article is about the continent. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The giant London Zoo aviary London Zoo was the worlds first scientific zoo. ... Cubs may refer to The Chicago Cubs baseball team The Wolf Cubs; the junior age group of the Scouting movement This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Maturity may refer to: Sexual maturity Maturity, a geological term describing hydrocarbon generation Maturity, a financial term indicating the end of payments of principal or interest Look up Maturity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who achieved lasting fame by producing considerable evidence that species originated through evolutionary change, at the same time proposing the scientific theory that natural selection is the mechanism by which such change occurs. ...

In the nine-year Report it is stated that the bears had been seen in the Zoological Gardens to couple freely, but previously to 1848 most had rarely conceived. In the Reports published since this date three species have produced young (hybrids in one case)...

Since black bears and brown bears have differing numbers of chromosomes, it is unlikely that such hybrids, if proven, would be fertile. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... This article is about a biological term. ...

Brown bear/Grizzly bear hybrids

Hybrids between the (European) brown bear and the grizzly bear (now considered to be a North American variety of brown bear rather than a separate species) have been bred in Cologne, Germany. See grizzly bear for taxonomy. // For other uses, see Grizzly Bear (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The article about perfume can be found at Eau de Cologne. ... // For other uses, see Grizzly Bear (disambiguation). ...

Brown bear/Polar bear hybrids

Polar/Brown Bear Hybrid, Rothschild Museum, Tring

Polar/Brown Bear Hybrid, Rothschild Museum, Tring

• Since 1874, at Halle, a series of successful matings of polar bears and brown bears were made. Some of the hybrid offspring were exhibited by the London Zoological Society. The Halle hybrid bears proved to be fertile, both with one of the parent species and with one another. Polar bear/Brown bear hybrids are white at birth but later turn blue-brown or yellow-white.

• An adult polar bear/brown bear hybrid bred in the 19th Century is now displayed at the Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring, England

• Crandall reported the first polar bear/brown bear crosses as occurring at a small zoo in Stuttgart, Germany in 1876 rather than Halle in 1874. A female European brown bear mated with a male polar bear resulting in twin cubs in 1876. Three further births were recorded. The young were fertile among themselves and when mated back to European brown bears and to polar bears.

• DNA studies indicate that some brown bears are more closely related to polar bears than they are to other brown bears, raising the question whether they are truly separate species. All the Ursinae species (i.e., all bears except the giant panda and the spectacled bear) appear able to crossbreed.

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Kodiak bear/Polar bear hybrids

"Kodiak" or "Kodiak brown" is a term now applied to brown bears found in coastal regions of North America. In the far north these bears feed on salmon and often attain especially large size. "Alaskan Brown" is sometimes used for Alaskan bears, but the main distinction is how far the bear is found from the coast. Grizzly bear is the term used for the brown bear of the North American interior. Binomial name Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 The Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is a species of bear that can reach weights of 130-700 kg (300 to 1500 pounds). ... // For other uses, see Grizzly Bear (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

• In 1936, a male polar bear accidentally got into an enclosure with a female Kodiak (Alaskan Brown) bear at the US National Zoo, resulting in three hybrid offspring. One hybrid was named Willy and grew into an immense specimen. The hybrid offspring were fertile and able to breed successfully with each other, indicating that the two species of bear are closely related. The Kodiak is also considered by many to be a variant or subspecies of the basic arctic (circumpolar) brown bear.

• In a 1970 National Geographic (Vol 137:4, April 1970) article, "White Tiger in My House", Elizabeth C. Reed mentions being foster mother to 4 hybrid bear cubs from the National Zoological Park in Washington, where her husband was director.

• In 1943, Clara Helgason described a bear shot by hunters during her childhood. This was a large, off-white bear with hair all over his paws. The presence of hair on the bottom of the feet suggests it was not an unusually colored Kodiak brown bear, but a natural hybrid with a Polar bear.

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Grizzly bear/Polar bear hybrids

Main article: Grizzly-polar bear hybrid

The Grizzly bear is now regarded by most taxonomists as a variety of brown bear, Ursus arctos horribilis. A grizzly-polar bear hybrid is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity and in the wild. ...

• Clinton Hart Merriam, taxonomist of grizzly bears, described an animal killed in 1864 at Rendezvous Lake, Barren Grounds, Canada as "buffy whitish" with a golden brown muzzle. This is considered to be a natural hybrid between a grizzly bear and polar bear.

On April 16, 2006 a polar bear of unusual appearance was shot by a sports hunter on Banks Island in the Northwest Territories. DNA testing released May 11, 2006 proved the kill was a Grizzly/Polar Bear hybrid. This is thought to be the first recorded case of interbreeding in the wild. [1] The bear was proven to have a polar mother and a grizzly father. The DNA testing also spared the hunter the C$1000 fine for killing a grizzly bear, and the risk of being imprisoned for up to a year. The hunter had bought a license to hunt polar bears; he did not have a license to hunt grizzly at that time. [2] April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: none Official languages Dene Suline, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuktitut, Slavey Flower Mountain avens Tree Tamarack Bird Gyr Falcon Capital Yellowknife Largest city Yellowknife Commissioner Tony Whitford Premier Joe Handley (Consensus government (no party affiliations)) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total  - Land  - Water... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A grizzly-polar bear hybrid is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity and in the wild. ...

The animal had dark rings around its eyes, similar to a panda's but not as wide. It also had remarkably long claws, a slight hump on its back, brown spots in its white coat, and a slightly indented face — the nasal "stop" between the eyes which polar bears lack. [3] The guide leading the hunt, Roger Kuptana of Sachs Harbour in the Northwest Territories, was the first to note the oddities. Binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca The Giant Panda (Chinese: 熊貓; pinyin: xióng māo), Ailuropoda melanoleuca (black-and-white cat-foot), is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, Ursidae, that is native to central China. ...

Several names were suggested for this specimen. The Idaho hunter who killed it, Jim Martell, suggested polargrizz. The biologists of the Canadian Wildlife Service suggested grolar or pizzly, as well as nanulak, an elision of the Inuit nanuk (polar bear) and aklak (grizzly or brown bear). Both grolar and pizzly were used by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation [4] in widely-distributed stories. The Canadian Wildlife Service or CWS (French: Service canadien de la faune, SCF) is an agency of the Government of Canada, administered by the Department of the Environment, also known as Environment Canada. ... For other uses, see Inuit (disambiguation). ...

Presently, though the mating seasons overlap, the polar bear's season begins slightly earlier than the grizzly bear's. A blog columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer suggested that more hybrids may be seen as global warming progresses and alters normal mating periods. Dateline Earth Blog, reporter Lisa Stiffler, "You got your grizzly in my polar bear," May 11, 2006 The Canadian Wildlife Service noted that grizzly-polar hybrids born of zoo matings have proven fertile.[5] Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2005 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades. ...

Grizzly bears have been sighted in what is usually polar bear territory in the Western Arctic near the Beaufort Sea, Banks Island, Victoria Island, and Melville Island. A "light chocolate colored" bear, possibly a hybrid, is reported to have been seen with polar bears near Kugluktuk in western Nunavut. Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut (Inuktitut: Nunavut our strength or Our land our strength) Official languages Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, French Capital Iqaluit Largest city Iqaluit Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson Premier Paul Okalik (independent) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 Nancy Karetak-Lindell 1 Willie Adams Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total...

Sloth bear hybrids

Hybrids have been produced between the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) and the Malayan sun bear (Ursus malayanus) at Tama Zoo in Tokyo, and also between the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) and the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus). (Gray, 1972; Asakura, 1969; Scherren, 1907). Binomial name Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791) The Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) is a nocturnal bear with shaggy fur. ... Binomial name Ursus (Helarctos) malayanus (Raffles, 1821) The sun bear (Ursus malayanus), is found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... Binomial name Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791) The Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) is a nocturnal bear with shaggy fur. ... Binomial name Ursus thibetanus (G. Cuvier, 1823) Synonyms Selenarctos thibetanus The Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus or Selenarctos thibetanus), also known as the Tibetan black bear, the Himalayan black bear, or the moon bear, is a medium sized, sharp-clawed, black-coloured bear with a distinctive white or cream V...

See also

• Bear

Genera Ailuropoda Ailurus Helarctos Melursus Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora. ...

References

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• ------. 1882. "On a hybrid between a male Ursus maritimus and a female Ursus arctos." Zoologische Garten, 1882:xxiii, 370.
• Kowalska, Z. 1962. "Intergeneric crossbreed of the brown bear Ursus arctos L., and the polar bear Thalarctos maritimus (Phipps)." Przeglad Zoologiczny, 6:230, 1 pl. [Polish with English summary.]
• ------. 1965. "Cross breeding between a female European brownbear and a male polar bear in Lodz Zoo." Przeglad Zoologiczny, 9:313-319. [Polish with English summary.]
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• Wurster-Hill, D.H. and Bush, M. 1980: The interrelationship of chromosome banding patterns in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), hybrid bear (Ursus middendorfi x Thalarctos maritimus), and other carnivores. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 27:147-154.
• Gray, A.P. 1972: Mammalian Hybrids. A Check-list with Bibliography. 2nd edition.
• Asakura, S. 1969: A note on a bear hybrid, Melursus ursinus x Helarctos malayanus, at Tama Zoo, Tokyo. Int. Zoo Ybk. 9:88.
• Scherren, H.: Some notes on hybrid bears. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 431-435, 1907.
• Stephen Colbert references a "Pizzly Bear" on his show once.