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Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears and black bears (including the Polar Bear). The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.
[edit] Species and subspecies of Ursus
- American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
- Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
- European Brown Bear, Ursus arctos arctos
- Siberian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos beringianus
- Atlas Bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri
- Gobi Bear, Ursus arctos gobiensis
- Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
- Himalayan Red Bear, Ursus isabellinus Horsfield
- Himalayan Brown Bear, Ursus arctos isabellinus
- Kodiak Bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi
- Mexican Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni (extinct)
- Tibetan Blue Bear, Ursus arctos pruinosus
- Syrian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos syriacus
- Hokkaido Brown Bear, Ursus arctos yesoensis
- Bergman's Bear, Ursus arctos piscator (extinct)
- Sun Bear, Ursus malayanus, or Helarctos malayanus
- (No common name), Ursus malayanus euryspilus, or Helarctos malayanus euryspilus
- Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus (earlier Thalarctos maritimus)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus maritimus (classification contested)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus marinus (classification contested)
- Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)
- MacFarlane's Bear, Ursus inopinatus (extinct)
- Asiatic Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus
- Formosan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus formosanus
- Baluchistan Bear or Pakistan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus, or Selenarctos thibetanus gedrosianus
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus japonica, or Selenarctos thibetanus japonica
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus laniger, or Selenarctos thibetanus laniger
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus mupinensis, or Selenarctos thibetanus mupinensis
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus thibetanus
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus ussuricu, or Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricu
