Quiz on Bears

1. The Polar bear’s scientific name isursus maritimas. What does that mean?

2. Genetically the polar bear is most closely related to

3. This species of bear is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan and SriLanka

4. When do Giant pandas hibernate?

5. To which animal is the bear closely related?

6. Grizzly bears are actually the same as brown bears and both share the Greek name ursus arctos. They got the name grizzly from,

7. Bears walk in a ‘plantigrade’ fashion- that means

8. When less than a year old, bear cubs have ropes or chains forced through their noses and most o their teeth are removed

9. The spectacled bear lives only in

10. Which of the following animal is not a bear