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A polar bear with two cubs following her over the snow.

Photo By/Credit

Susanne Miller/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Two young cubs-of-the-year (born earlier that year), or COYs, follow their mother across snow. The cubs in this photo are about 9 months old.

Facility

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Tundra

Species

Ursus maritimus

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Mammals

Marine mammals

Snow

Tundra

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