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Ursidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow vol.5 p.372

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Ursidae

Name

Synonyms
Ailuropodidae
Hemicyonidae
Subparictidae
Homonyms
Ursidae
Common names
BEARS in English
Bear in English
Bears in English
Bears in English
Beer in Afrikaans
Bere in Afrikaans
Beren in Dutch
Beruang in Indonesian
Bieren in Luxembourgish
Birnir in Icelandic
Bjørn in Norwegian
Bjørne in Danish
Bjørner in Norwegian Bokmål
Bär in German
Bären in German
Echte Bären in German
Großbären in German
Hoonawu in language.
Karulased in Estonian
Lāči in Latvian
Medvjedi in Croatian
Meškos (lokiai) in Lithuanian
Neta in language.
Nokose in language.
Onso in Aragonese
Orso in Italian
Oso in Spanish
Osos in Spanish
Osu in language.
Ours in French
Ours in French
Sisire in Akan
Urs in Romanian
Ursidi in Italian
Ursidés in French
Urso in Esperanto
Ursos in Portuguese
Ursídeos/Ursos in Portuguese
ayıgiller in Turkish
bear in English
bears in English
bears in English
bears in English
bears in English
björnar in Swedish
bjørnefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
karhut in Finnish
karhut in Finnish
lokiniai in Lithuanian
medvedi in Slovenian

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia2006 (marine)
  2. 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.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  5. Fischer (1817) Adversaria zoologica, fasciculus primus. Quaedam ad Mammalium systema et genera illustranda
  6. Garshelis, D. L. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Ursidae (Bears). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 448-492.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. <em>In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.</em> 723--743.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
  11. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  12. Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp.
  13. Wilson & Reeder (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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