# Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with its prey

- By: AWeith
- Date: 2015-07-31
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_(Ursus_maritimus)_with_its_prey.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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After successfully hunting a Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), a Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) starts feeding on his prey. He enjoys his meal on an ice floe north of Svalbard, Norway.