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iUrsus
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 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
  • 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
  • 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 ussuricude:Ursus_(Bären)

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