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Ursus arctos
Linnaeus, 1758
- brown bear
(mammal)
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Ursus (Genus) - black, brown, polar, sun, and sloth bears
..Ursus americanus (Species) - American black bear
..†Ursus deningeri (Species)
..†Ursus etruscus (Species)
..Ursus maritimus (Species) - polar bear
..‡Ursus spelaeus (Species)
..Ursus thibetanus (Species) - Asian black bear
..Ursus arctos (Species) - brown bear
....Ursus arctos alascensis (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos arctos (Subspecies) - brown bear
....Ursus arctos beringianus (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos californicus (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos collaris (Subspecies)
....‡Ursus arctos crowtheri (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos dalli (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos gyas (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos horribilis (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos isabellinus (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos lasiotus (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos middendorffi (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos pruinosus (Subspecies) - brown bear
....Ursus arctos sitkensis (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos stikeenensis (Subspecies)
....Ursus arctos syriacus (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name
:
Aristoteles [ca. 343 BC?].
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 47.
Unavailable original rank
:
Original rank
:
Original generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Ursus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 47. ("Ursus.
Gesn. quadr.
14.").
[
new
]
Type of
:
Ursus
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Ursus arctos arctos
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Replaced synonym
:
Ursus
Plinius, nom. inval.
Ref:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
: 47.
[
new
]
Synonymous name
:
Danis ferox
(Desm.) J. E. Gray
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Melanarctos cavifrons
Heude, 1898
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Myrmarctos eversmanni
Gray, 1864
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Ursus horribilis
Ord, 1815
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Ursus procerus
Miller, 1899
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Ursus pruinosus
(Blyth, 1854)
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bruine beer
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
brown bear
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 588.
:
grizzly bear
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 588.
:
Himalayan brown bear
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28 Aug 2026