Ursus Maritimus

Ursus Maritimus only split off from the brown bear, Ursus Arctus, about 200,000 years ago.

Holocene Optimum « Climate Audit 2007

However, even having said that, it is obvious that Ms. Althous' article was not about the decline of Ursus Maritimus but about the dishonesty of the photograph implying that the bear's ice home had suddenly melted around them and left them "trapped."

The polar-bears-on-the-melting-ice-cap photo. Ann Althouse 2007

The large polar bear (Ursus Maritimus), with its white fur, its long, flattened head, and black claws, may be seen in great perfection at the

Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals R. Lee 1865