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Ursus americanus Pallas 1780

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Description

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

TYPE LOCALITY: Not given. In Pallas' (1780) description, he refered to Brickell (1737) who implied North Carolina (USA) by stating they "are very common in this province." Palmer (1904) listed the locality as "eastern North America".

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

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: altifrontalis Elliot, 1903; amblyceps Baird, 1859; californiensis Miller, 1900; carlottae Osgood, 1901; cinnamomum Audubon and Bachman, 1854; emmonsii Dall, 1895; eremicus Merriam, 1904; floridanus Merriam, 1896; glacilis Kells, 1897; hamiltoni Cameron, 1957; hunteri Anderson, 1944; hylodromus Elliot, 1904; kenaiensis Allen, 1910; kermodei Hornaday, 1905; luteolus Griffith, 1821; machetes Elliot, 1903; perniger Allen, 1910; pugnax Swarth, 1911; randi Anderson, 1944; sornborgeri Bangs, 1898; vancouveri Hall, 1928.

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 338, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Related works

Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Ursidae
Genus
Ursus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Pallas
Species
americanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Brickell, J. 1737. The natural history of North-Carolina: With an account of the trade, manners, and customs of the Christian and Indian inhabitants. J. Brickell, Dublin, 417 pp.
  • Palmer, T. S. 1904. Index generum mammalium: A list of the genera and families of mammals. North American Fauna, 23: 1 - 984.
  • Allen, J. A. 1910. Mammals from Palawan Island, Philippine Islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 28 (3): 13 - 17.