Published January 31, 2009
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Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Description
Family URSIDAE
(BEARS)
• Large mammals with big head and thick neck, small eyes, rounded ears, no facial vibrissae; muscular bodies with stout legs, large paws, and short tail.
• 100-280 cm.
• Holarctic, Neotropical, and Oriental regions.
• Forested environments (boreal, temperate, and tropical) to tundra and semi-desert; one species in Arctic.
• 5 genera, 8 species, at least 44 extant taxa.
• 1 species Endangered, 5 Vulnerable; 2 subspecies Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Ursidae, pp. 448-497 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 448, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5714493
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ursidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Fischer de Waldheim
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ursidae de, 1817 sec. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009