Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780. Spicil. Zool., 14:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Eastern North America.

DISTRIBUTION: N. C. Alaska to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to C. California, N. Nevada (U.S.A.), N. Nayarit and S. Tamaulipas (Mexico), and Florida (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Placed in subgenus Euarctos by Hall, 1981:947; and Thenius, 1979:293. Hendy, 1980:98, regarded Euarctos as a distinct genus.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002006002001.