Quiz on Bears

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

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

3. To which animal is the bear closely related?

4. Which of the following animal is not a bear

5. When do Giant pandas hibernate?

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

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

8. Genetically the polar bear is most closely related to

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

10. The spectacled bear lives only in