Ursus inopinatus Merriam 1918 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Alternative combination: Vetularctos inopinatus

Belongs to Ursus according to S. Larivière 2001

Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus kokeni, Ursus malayanus, Ursus maritimus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Ursus thibetanus, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis, Euarctos optimus, Euarctos minimus, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ursus inopinatus in the database

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