Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Carnivora

family

Ursidae

genus

Ursus

Name

Synonyms

Arcticonus Pocock, 1917

Danis Gray, 1825

Euarctos Gray, 1865

Mamursus Herrera, 1899

Melanarctos Heude, 1901

Mylarctos Lönnberg, 1923

Myrmarctos Gray, 1865

Selenarctos Heude, 1901

Thalassarctos J.E.Gray, 1825

Thalassarctus Gloger, 1841

Thalassiarchus Kobelt, 1896

Ursarctos Heude, 1898

Ursulus Kretzoi, 1954

Vetularctos Merriam, 1918

Homonyms

Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

bears in English

bears in English

Bibliographic References

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19. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
20. WoRMS (Mar 2013)