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Taxonomy
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Ursus arctos Linnaeus p. 47 |
1815 | Ursus horribilis Ord |
1817 | Ursus ferox Desmarest |
1825 | Danis ferox Gray p. 60 |
1854 | Ursus pruinosus Blyth |
1864 | Myrmarctos eversmanni Gray p. 694 |
1898 | Melanarctos cavifrons Heude p. 18 |
1899 | Ursus procerus Miller, Jr. p. 55 |
1902 | Ursus arctos Hay p. 763 |
1902 | Ursus procerus Hay p. 763 |
1911 | Ursus arctos Thomas p. 139 |
1923 | Mylarctos pruinosus Lönnberg p. 91 |
1927 | Ursus arctos Boule and De Villeneuve p. 72 figs. Pl 13, fig 7 |
1968 | Ursus arctos Kurten p. 127 |
1973 | Ursus arctos Ewer |
1980 | Ursus arctos Kurten and Anderson p. 184 |
1985 | Ursus arctos Emslie and Czaplewski p. 2 |
1998 | Ursus arctos Hunt, Jr. p. 185 |
1999 | Ursus arctos Waits et al. p. 90 |
2001 | Ursus arctos Larivière p. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 [brown bear]
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Invalid names: Danis ferox Desmarest 1817 [synonym], Melanarctos cavifrons Heude 1898 [synonym], Myrmarctos eversmanni Gray 1864 [synonym], Ursus horribilis Ord 1815 [synonym], Ursus procerus Miller, Jr. 1899 [synonym], Ursus pruinosus Blyth 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Van Valkenburgh 1988 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (55 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Ursus arctos (43020 45085) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sicily) | Ursus arctos (94328) | |
Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Ursus arctos (43656) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Ursus arctos (21856) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Texas) | Ursus horribilis (93258) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Liaoning) | Ursus arctos (230980) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Ursus ferox (77754) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Ursus arctos (101897) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Ursus arctos (43666 43697) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Turkey | Ursus arctos (43008) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Ursus arctos (50259) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Ursus arctos (43643 43645 43655) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Ursus arctos (35045) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Ursus arctos (191730) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Russian Federation | Ursus arctos (79548) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Ursus arctos (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Aridaia) | Ursus arctos (208562) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Ursus arctos (43689) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Ursus arctos (184245) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Ursus arctos (48587) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Canada (Ontario) | Ursus arctos (74140) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Kentucky) | Ursus arctos (74141) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Taiwan | Ursus arctos (73686) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Ursus arctos (93828 96782) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Ursus arctos (93837) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Ursus arctos (221415 221416) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnese) | Ursus arctos (204955) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Ursus arctos (90036 199941) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Ursus arctos (101898 101899 195045) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nevada) | Ursus arctos (93278) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Ursus arctos (197768) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Ursus arctos (82530) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Heilongjiang) | Ursus arctos (230983) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Ohio) | Ursus procerus (74139) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal (Leiria) | Ursus arctos (230380) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Spain | Ursus arctos (199944) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Ursus arctos (184243) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Ursus arctos (175961) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Ursus horribilis (220460) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Ursus arctos (51005) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Ursus arctos (175941 175942) | |
Holocene | USA (Montana) | Ursus arctos (162133) | |
Holocene | France | Ursus arctos (195041) | |
Holocene | Spain | Ursus arctos (199942) | |
Holocene | USA (Washington) | Ursus arctos (215546) |