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Ursus Linnaeus 1758

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Ursus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Ursus
Genus recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Albania Species List, Andorra Species List, Austria Species List, Belgium Species List, Cambodia Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Estonia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Hungary Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Latvia Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Norway Species List, Poland Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Serbia Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Korea Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, Thailand Species List, Tibet Species List, Turkey Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vietnam Species List, wikipedia ID, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Baffin Bay Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, East Siberian Sea Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Lincoln Sea Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Northwestern Passages Species List, North Sea Species List, Skagerrak Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia LV, wikipedia IS, wikipedia SL, wikipedia HSB, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia MIN, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Ursus
Recognized by SI Wild, AnAge articles, Kissling et al, 2014, One Species at a Time Podcasts, Listed Species in Texas, Furui 2020, and BHL data coverage
Ursus Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Ursus Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by GBIF national node type records UK

Alternative Names

Mylarctos pruinosus (Blyth 1854)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758)
Myrmarctos eversmanni Gray 1864
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalarctos maritimus Phipps 1774
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Ursus absarokus Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus alexandrae Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus alpinus Fischer von Waldheim 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus andersoni Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus apache Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus arizonae Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus atnarko Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus bairdi Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus caurinus Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus chelan Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus chelidonias Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus colusus Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus crassodon Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus crassus Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus cressonus Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus dalli Merriam 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus dusorgus Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus eltonclarki Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus eulophus Merriam 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus euryspilus Horsfield 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus eximius Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus floridanus Merriam 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus gedrosianus Blanford 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus henshawi Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus holzworthi Merriam 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus hoots Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus hylodromus Elliot 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus idahoensis Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus imperator Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus inniutus Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus internationalis Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus isabellinus Horsfield 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus kenaiensis Merriam 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus kennerleyi Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus kidderi Merriam 1902
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus klamathensis Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus kluane Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus kwakiuti Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus macfarlani Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus macrodon Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus magister Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus marinus Pallas 1776
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus maritimus Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774)
Ursus mendocinensis Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus middendorffi Merriam 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus mirabilis Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus mirus Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus navaho Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus nelsoni Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus nortoni Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus novaehollandiae Bechstein 1800
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus nuchek Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus ophrus Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus orgildoies Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus orgilos Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus oribasus Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus pallasi Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus pellyensis Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus perturans Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus pervagor Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus piscator Pucheran 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus planiceps Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus praemalayanus von Koenigswald 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus pruinosus Blyth 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus pulchellus Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus rogersi Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus rungiusi Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus russelli Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus selkirki Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus sheldoni Merriam 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus shirasi Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus shoshone Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus sitkensis Merriam 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus stikeenensis Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus tahitanicus Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus thibetanus G. Cuvier 1823
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Ursus thibetanus G)
Ursus toklat Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus townsendi Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus utahensis Merriam 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus washake Merriam 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vetularctos inopinatus Merriam 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ursus
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, GBIF national node type records UK, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Flickr BHL, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

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Polish

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Russian

медведи preferred
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Sakha

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Sicilian

Ursu preferred
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Tamil

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Tatar

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Turkish

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Curated hierarchies for Ursus Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Ursidae
Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Ursus thibetanus
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Arctotherium Burmeister 1879
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Melursus Meyer 1793
Tremarctos Gervais 1855

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus thibetanus G.
Ailuropoda A. Milne-Edwards 1870
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Melursus Meyer 1793
Tremarctos Gervais 1855

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Ursus thibetanus
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Arctotherium Burmeister 1879
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Melursus Meyer 1793
Tremarctos Gervais 1855

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Ursidae
Ursus (this page)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus thibetanus
Ailuropoda
Helarctos
Melursus
Tremarctos

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Ursus thibetanus
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Arctotherium Burmeister 1879
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Melursus Meyer 1793
Tremarctos Gervais 1855

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Ursidae
Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Euarctos optimus Shultz 1938
Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus Knotterus-Meyer 1908
Thalassarctos jenaensis Knotterus-Meyer 1908
Thalassarctos labradorensis Knotterus-Meyer 1908
Thalassarctos spitzbergensis Knotterus-Meyer 1908
Ursus abstrusus Bjork 1970
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus arvernensis Croizet & Jobert 1828
Ursus deningeri Richenau 1904
Ursus dentrificius Meyer 1839
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823
Ursus lasiotus Gray 1867
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus nasutus Sclater 1868
Ursus priscus Goldfuss 1818
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794
Ursus thibetanus G
Ursus torquatus
Ursus vitabilis Gidley 1913
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Amphicynodon Filhol 1882
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Cyonarctos de Bonis 2013
Filholictis de Bonis 2013
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Hyaenarctos Owen 1845
Indarctos Pilgrim 1913
Melursus Meyer 1793
Pararctotherium Ameghino 1904
Phoberocyon Ginsberg 1955
Phoberogale Ginsburg & Morales 1995
Plionarctos Frick 1926
Proarctotherium Ameghino 1904
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursavus Schlosser 1899

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Ursus thibetanus
Ailuropoda A. Milne-Edwards 1870
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Melursus Meyer 1793
Tremarctos Gervais 1855

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Caniformia
Ursidae
Ursus (this page)
unclassified Ursus
Ursus americanus
Ursus arctos
Ursus deningeri
Ursus ingressus
Ursus maritimus
Ursus rossicus
Ursus spelaeus
Ursus thibetanus
Ailuropoda
Arctodus
Arctotherium
Helarctos
Melursus
Tremarctos

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Arctoidea
Ursoidea
Ursidae
Ursinae
Ursus (this page)
Ursus americanus
Ursus arctos
Ursus avernensis
Ursus deningeri
Ursus ingressus
Ursus ladinicus
Ursus lasiotus
Ursus lotor
Ursus malayanus
Ursus maritimus
Ursus melanoleucus
Ursus meles
Ursus minimus
Ursus nasutus
Ursus ornatus
Ursus savini
Ursus taxus
Ursus thibetanus
Ursus wenzensis
Ballusia
Helarctos
Melursus
Ursavini

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Ursidae
Ursus Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Ursus
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