Ursus dentrificius Meyer 1839 (bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1839. Zu meiner nun vor fast zehn Jahren gemachten und unausgesetzt verfolgten Entdeckung... [On my constantly pursued discovery, now made almost ten years ago...]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrfaktenkunde 1839:76-79

Belongs to Ursus according to H. v. Meyer 1839

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

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

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

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