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Counting up to three ...[edit]

Dear fellow Wikipedians, reading the German page about Spitzbergen I found an inconsistency that seems to originate from this page: "In addition to humans, three primarily terrestrial mammalian species inhabit the archipelago: the Arctic fox, the Svalbard reindeer, and accidentally introduced southern vole". That's three, o.k. Some lines later: "Polar bears are the iconic symbol of Svalbard." Polar bears are mammals - and they are neither fox nor reindeer nor small rodents. Since the last time I tried to help an English wikipedia page to be a bit better I learned that the interest in improvement is small - while the standards of "where is a source" are ridiculous high. So I ask you to find a source and get this done - because in my eyes four is not equal to three, even if I lack a source to prove that as a fact. Andreas von Stackelberg (talk) 19:45, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

29th Dec 2015 the (wrong) number three occured the first time, before it had been "four" Andreas von Stackelberg (talk) 19:51, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I found a possible problem why nobody wants to tinker with the text: the category marine mammal seems to be a problem. If you count the polar bear as a marine mammal, it can't be a "primarily terrestrial" mammal at the same time. BUT in marine mammals is mentioned: "both the sea otter and the polar bear are mostly terrestrial". So another question to my fellow wikipedians who speak English as a first language: What is the difference between "primarily terrestrial" and "mostly terrestrial"? Does an "informal group" as marine mammals justify that we don't count the polar bear as terrestrial mammal? Andreas von Stackelberg (talk) 23:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another cause why I would say there are four terrestrial species of mammals inhabiting the archipelo: "The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore" - that's the third sentence of the polar bear article.Andreas von Stackelberg (talk) 23:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]