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Taxon: Family Ursidae Batsch, 1788 - bears (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  A.J.G.C. Batsch, 1788, nom. corr.
Original name:  Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung, zur Kenntniß und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien, für akademische Vorlesungen entworfen, und mit den nöthigsten Abbildungen versehen. Akademische Buchhandlung, Jena: 110.
Original rank:  loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling: 

Etymology

Derived name: Ursidibacter (Genus) Hansen et al. 2015 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [11 May 2026].

Attributes

Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2] Ref: A. Dubois & R. Bour, 2010. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): table 3. [implicit]

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Ursoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Variants

Incorrect authorship: Ursidae (Family) Fischer, 1817, err. bibl. Ref: A. Dubois & R. Bour, 2010: table 3. [new]
Incorrect authorship: Ursidae (Family) Fischer, 1814, err. bibl. Ref: A. Dubois & R. Bour, 2010: table 3. [new] [implicit]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: †Subparictidae (Family) Clark & Guensburg, 1972 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: grote beerachtigen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
: beren Ref: G.F. Willemsen, 1987

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: bears
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