Ursus (genus)

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Ursus
Ursus americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Ursus arctos Ursus americanus Ursus maritimus Ursus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus Asiatic black bear might be classified with Kinowagma belonging Selenarctos. Ursus spelaeus (extinct)

Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears (including the Polar Bear) and including black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.

[edit] Species and subspecies of Ursus

• American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
  • Cinnamon Bear, Ursus americanus cinnamomum
  • Kermode Bear, Ursus americanus kermodei
• Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
  • European Brown Bear, Ursus arctos arctos
  • Siberian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos beringianus
  • Atlas Bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri (extinct)
  • 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 (disputed)
• 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 ussuricus^{[verification needed]}, or Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricus^{[verification needed]}

v • d • e Extant species of family Ursidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia Ailuropodinae Ailuropoda Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Tremarctinae Tremarctos Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Ursinae Ursus American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) · Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus or Selenarctos thibetanus) · Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) · Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) Helarctos Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) Melursus Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Category