Polar Bear
ursus maritimus, the largest individual of the family Ursidæ , and one of the best known. It is found over the whole of Greenland but its numbers are decreasing, as it is regularly hunted for the sake of its skin. The polar bear is from seven to eight feet long, with a narrow head, and the forehead in a line with the elongated muzzle , short ears, and long neck. It is quite white when young, changing to a creamy POLAR BEAR tint in maturity. Unlike most of its congeners, it is carnivorous, attacks by biting, and only pregnant females hibernate.