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Ursus americanus Pallas 1780

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Ursus americanus Pallas 1780

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".

Vernacular Names: American Black Bear.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. americanus Pallas 1780

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. altifrontalis Elliot 1903

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. amblyceps Baird 1859

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. californiensis Miller 1900

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. carlottae Osgood 1901

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. cinnamomum Audubon and Bachman 1854

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. emmonsii Dall 1895

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. eremicus Merriam 1904

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. floridanus Merriam 1896

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. hamiltoni Cameron 1957

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. kermodei Hornaday 1905

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. luteolus Griffith 1821

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. machetes Elliot 1903

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. perniger J. A. Allen 1910

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. pugnax Swarth 1911

Subspecies Ursus americanus subsp. vancouveri Hall 1928

Distribution: Canada, Mexico (N Nayarit and S Tamaulipas), USA.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened as U. americanus luteolus; all other subspecies – Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Species; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Larivière (2001 b). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Larivière (2001 b).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 588, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/E69BF2968277AF6992A8FF32E9D4E7ED (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/231548357 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pallas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Ursidae
Genus
Ursus
Species
americanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

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.
  • 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.