Ursus (biology)
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Ursus | image = Black_bear_large.jpg | image_width = 220px | image_caption = Ursus americanus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Carnivora | familia = Ursidae | genus = Ursus | genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- Asiatic black bear might be classified with Kinowagma belonging Selenarctos.
- Ursus spelaeus (extinct)
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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.
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Species and subspecies of Ursus
- Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
- Brown Bear, Urses arctos arctos
- Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
- Golden Bear, Ursus arctos californicus (extinct)
- Kodiak Bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi
- Mexican Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni (extinct?)
- Hokkaido Bear, Ursus arctos yesoensis
- American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
- Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus
- Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus,or Selenarctos thibetanus
- Formosan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus,or Selenarctos thibetanus formosanus
- Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)de:Ursus_(Bären)