Grizzly–polar bear hybrid

Grizzly–polar bear hybridPolar/brown bear hybrid at Osnabrück Zoo.Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraFamily:UrsidaeTribe:UrsiniGenus:UrsusSpecies:U. maritimus × U. arctos
A grizzly–polar bear hybrid, also called a pizzly bear, is a rare hybrid of a polar bear and a grizzly bear. They exist both in captivity and in the wild. In 2006, the hybrid was confirmed by DNA testing of a strange-looking bear that was shot near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories on Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic.

Category:2006 in Canada
Category:Mammals of North America
Category:Animal hybrids
Category:IUCN Red List data deficient species
Category:Nunavut
Category:Bears