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Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758

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Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden.

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly, N. W. Africa, all of Palearctic from W. Europe, Near and Middle East through N. Himalayas to W. and N. China and Chukotka (U.S. S.R.); Hokkaido (Japan). Western North America, north from N. Mexico.

COMMENT: Hall, 1981:951- 958, listed 87 taxa (including 76 other species names) in the " Ursus arctos -group", which are here included in arctos; see Corbet and Hill, 1980:94; see also Couturier, 1954, L'Ours brun, Ursus arctos L., Grenoble.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II (all North American subspecies).

CITES - Appendix I (Italian populations only).

CITES - Appendix I as U. a. isabellinus subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. nelsoni subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. pruinosus subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. arctos (Italian populations only). U.S. ESA - Threatened as U. a. horribilis subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002006001001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 251, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980

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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3920702 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3015EA447EC7731F54E66F1F1CA230FC (URL)
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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF92FFAAFFD85854B97E533CFFF8E771 (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Ursidae
Genus
Ursus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
arctos
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1980. A world list of mammalian species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.
  • Couturier, M. A. J. 1954. L'Ours brun (Ursus arctos) L. Grenoble, 904 pp.