Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Pallas, Peter S. 1780. Spicilegia zoologica. J. Pauli, Berolini.: fasc. 14: 1-94.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Carnivora: family
Ursidae: genus
Ursus: species
Ursus americanus

Name

Synonyms: Euarctos americanus (Pallas, 1780); Euarctos vitabilis Gidley, 1913; Ursus altifrontalis Elliot, 1903; Ursus amblyceps Baird, 1859; Ursus amplidens Leidy, 1853; Ursus californiensis Miller, 1900; Ursus carlottae Osgood, 1901; Ursus kermodei Hornaday, 1905; Ursus machetes Elliot, 1903; 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; Baribal in German; Oso negro in Spanish; Oso negro in Spanish; black bear in English; black bear in English; black bear in English; ours noir in French; ours noir in French

Bibliographic References

(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code
(1996) database, U. S. Dept. Interior
(2001) database, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
(2001) website, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01
(2003) database, http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/centre.htm
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
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.
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
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.
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.
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.