Species that live in a habitat similar to the Polar bear Results 1 - 20
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Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
This beautiful cat is a white to smokey-grey colour, with yellow tinged fur and patterned dark-grey to black rosettes and spots. T...  More  22 Images  5 Videos
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Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
One of the largest and most distinctive of all pinnipeds, the walrus is renowned for its enormous tusks, which can reach an incred...  More  46 Images  8 Videos
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Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus ssp. pearyi)
The Peary caribou is the smallest of all caribou (a type of reindeer native to northern North America) at around the size of a gre...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Wild yak (Bos mutus)
A huge and imposing hulk of an animal, the wild yak has stocky, high and humped shoulders and a broad, drooping head. Both males a...  More  3 Images  1 Video
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Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)
The Arctic fox is superbly adapted for life at sub-zero temperatures. While this species is best known for its pristine, white win...  More  54 Images  0 Videos
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Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca)
Perhaps one of the most instantly recognisable of all owls, the snowy owl is characterised by its distinctive white plumage, which...  More  46 Images  0 Videos
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Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
The Arctic tern is a long-distance migrant, making a staggering annual round-trip from its Arctic or northern temperate breeding r...  More  20 Images  0 Videos
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Caspian seal (Pusa caspica)
One of the smallest of all seals, the Caspian seal is unusual in being confined to the inland, entirely landlocked Caspian Sea, th...  More  9 Images  1 Video
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Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
Information on the Muskox is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  38 Images  0 Videos
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Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
With an expressive face and active lifestyle, the rhesus macaque is a charismatic species. Its coat is pale brown above and fades ...  More  31 Images  12 Videos
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Greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula)
This shrew is one of the 'white-toothed shrews'; it lacks deposition of iron in the enamel of the tips of the teeth as seen in the...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Brown bear (Ursus arctos)
One of the largest carnivores on Earth, the brown bear is perhaps the most archetypal of all bear species, indeed the genus and sp...  More  70 Images  0 Videos
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Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
The snow-white beluga whale is one of the most distinctive of all cetaceans (a group that includes, dolphins, whales and porpoises...  More  18 Images  7 Videos
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Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)
This distinctive gull is most striking in appearance when in its pure white adult plumage, which blends beautifully into its icy, ...  More  13 Images  3 Videos
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Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
The Canada lynx is a muscular, leggy cat with forelimbs that are slightly shorter than the hind-limbs, lending it a slightly stoop...  More  30 Images  0 Videos
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Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
The bowhead whale is so-called because of its bow-shaped mouth and is black in colour with a whitish chin patch, broken by a 'neck...  More  9 Images  7 Videos
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Moose (Alces americanus)
Together with its close relative the Eurasian elk (Alces alces), the moose is the largest living deer species, and is easily recog...  More  33 Images  0 Videos
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Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
Information on the hooded seal is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  17 Images  4 Videos
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Eurasian elk (Alces alces)
The Eurasian elk, together with its close relative the moose (Alces americanus), is the largest living deer species, and is easily...  More  32 Images  0 Videos
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