Flora of Ireland. Ireland is in the Atlantic European Province of the Circumboreal Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic.
The previous heavyweight was a North American giant short-faced bearâa related extinct speciesâthat weighed up to 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms). The largest bear on record in modern times was a 2,200-pound (998-kilogram) polar bear shot in Alaska in the 19th century.
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi). A boar (adult male) weighs around 350â700 kg (772â1,543 lb), while a sow (adult female) is about half that size.