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NRLD - 183292 | Ursus maritimus

Assessment ID
183292
Taxon name
Ursus maritimus
Phipps, 1774
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Ursus maritimus
Phipps, 1774
Common name(s)
isbjørn
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
ursidae
Genus
Ursus
Species
maritimus
Species authority
Phipps, 1774
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Norway
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Norway
Country ISO code(s)
NOR
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Qualifying criteria (if given)
A3c;D1
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2010
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Jon E. Swenson, Arne Bjørge, Per Ole Syvertsen, Øystein Wiig, Kit Kovacs. Editors John Atle Kålås, Åslaug Viken, Snorre Henriksen, Sigrun Skjelseth
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Kålås, J.A., Viken, Å., Henriksen, S. og Skjelseth, S. (red.). 2010. Norsk rødliste for arter 2010. Artsdatabanken, Norge