Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
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Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 —Brown Bear
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 p.47; Type locality- Sweden; Won, 1968 p.271; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.17; Oh, 2004a p.165.
U. lasiotus Gray, 1867 p.301; Type locality- interior of northern China.
Melanarctos cavifrons Heude, 1901 p.1; Type locality- northwestern Manchuria.
U. cavifrons: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379.
U. arctos lasiotus: Kuroda, 1938 p.31; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.238; Won, 1958 p.440; Won, 1967 p.122; Won, 1968 p.273.
U. arctos arctos: Yoon, 1992 p.99.
Range: The distribution of U. arctos covers most northern alpine habitats and extends to the southern boundary at Mt. Geumgang (Kim et al. 2015; Fig. 40). Although this bear species was recorded around Mt. Baekdu until the 1980s, the current presence in the Mt. Geumgang and Mt. Baekdu areas in North Korea remains uncertain.
Remarks: The Subspecies U. a. lasiotus Gray, 1867, Ussuri brown bear (or Amur brown bear, black grizzly or horse bear) in northeastern Asia traditionally included the Korean Peninsula.
Conservation status: North Korea designated two brown bear habitats (Ryongrim, Jagang Province and Gwanmobong, Hamgyeongbuk Province) as Natural Monuments in 1980. The Red Data Book of North Korea lists this species as ‘Vulnerable’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002). Populations in China and Mongolia are protected by CITES Appendix I and Russian populations are protected by Appendix II.
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- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Fol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp. [in Latin]
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Han, S. H. (1994) The checklist of Mammals in North Korea. Nature Conservation, 86, 44 - 50. [in Korean]
- Won, C. M. & Smith, K. G. (1999) History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula. Mammal Review, 29, 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2907.1999.00034. x
- Oh, H. S (2004 a) Order Carnivora. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 142 - 183 [in Korean]
- Gray, J. E. (1867) Notes on Ursus lasiotus, a hairy-eared bear from North China. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Series 3, 20, 301.
- Heude, P. (1901) Memoires concernant l'Histoire Naturelle de l'Empire Chinosis. Fol. F. Impr. De la Mission catholique, Shanghai, 968 pp. [in French]
- Kishida, K. & Mori, T. (1931) On the distribution of terrestrial mammals of Korea. Zoological Magazine, 43, 372 - 391. [in Japanese]
- Kuroda, N. (1938) A list of the Japanese Mammals. Published by Author, Tokyo, 122 pp.
- Ellerman, J. R. & Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1951) Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
- Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
- Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
- Yoon, M. H. (1992) The wildlife of Korea. Daewonsa Publishing Company, Seoul, 142 pp. [in Korean]
- Kim, M. S., Joo, J. S., Oh, S. I, Lee, S. Y., Koh, B. J. & Park, E. C. (2015) Animals of Korea: Mammals. Science and Technology Press, Pyongyang, 211 pp. [in Korean]
- MAB National Committee of DPR Korea (2002) Red Data Book of DPRK (Animal). Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, 316 pp.