User blog comment:Da1337wolf/The Furry's Blog Week 2 - Like Pawns on a Game Board/@comment-23784953-20130908011950/@comment-5130342-20130908205016

Maybe this is just me, but I think at the time Ursa debuted, people were of the impression that creature names WILL have 'beo' somewhere in there (following the Beowolves name convention), predictably the front. Thus, 'Beobear' was put forth, and a lot of people (myself included) stuck to this name.