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Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Spicil. Zool. vol.14 p.5
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Carnivora
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family
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Ursidae
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genus
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Ursus
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species
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Ursus americanus
Name
- Synonyms
- Euarctos americanus (Pallas, 1780)
- Euarctos vitabilis Gidley, 1913
- Ursus amplidens Leidy, 1853
- Ursus optimus Schultz, 1938
- Homonyms
- Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780
- Common names
- American Black Bear in English
- American Black Bear in English
- American Black Bear in English
- American Black Bear in English
- American Black Bear in English
- American Black Bear in English
- American black bear in English
- American black bear in language.
- Baribal in German
- Baribal in English
- Baribal in German
- Black Bear in English
- Oso Negro Americano in English
- Oso negro in Spanish
- Oso negro in Spanish
- Oso negro americano in language.
- Ours Noir in English
- Ours noir in French
- black bear in English
- black bear in English
- black bear in English
- ours noir in French
- ours noir in French
- American Black Bear in English
- Oso negro americano in Spanish
- Ours noir d'Amérique in French
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Garshelis, D. L. / Don E. Wilson and Rusell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Ursidae (Bears). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 448-492.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.