What is the scientific name for birds ie polar bear is(i think) Ursus arctos?
Bird groups are organized by scientific classification, based upon their anatomical structure, geographic distribution, behavior, blood proteins, and a variety of other characteristics. Most recently, and probably most accurately, DNA hybridization has determined the relaltionships and supposed evolutionary history of all the bird groups of the world and most of the species. <- Copied and pasted from http://www.ornithology.com/names.html -This simply states you must have a specific bird to have a scientific name. ‘Polar Bear’ is a very specific type of animal with very few variations. ~The class and generalization of birds (similar to ‘Ursus’) happens to be ‘Aves’. For further information on the specific names, refer to http://www.birdnature.com/borderintro.
(In fact, the brown bear is Ursus arctos – the polar bear is Ursus maritimus.) In full, the brown bears classification is: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus Species: U. arctos Birds are a class – Aves – that is all birds only have the first three in common – after that they can be different. There are lots of different orders, families, genuses and species within that.
