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Ursus (genus)

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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

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