Here are 5 facts about polar bears

1. Polar bears live in the Arctic.
2.T he polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi).
3.  Constantine John Phipps was the first to describe the polar bear as a distinct species in 1774.^[1] He chose the scientific name Ursus maritimus, the Latin for 'maritime bear',^[8] due to the animal's native habitat.
4.  The bear family, Ursidae, is believed to have split off from other carnivorans about 38 million years ago. The Ursinae subfamily originated approximately 4.2 million years ago.
5.  The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and adjacent land masses as far south as Newfoundland Island. Due to the absence of human development in its remote habitat, it retains more of its original range than any other extant carnivore.[