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Ursinae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Ursinae was named by Swainson (1835) [Probably named before Hunt 1998]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ursidae by Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hunt (1998) and Jin et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ursinae Swainson
1970Ursinae Bjork p. 14
1980Ursinae Kurten and Anderson p. 180
1998Ursinae Hunt, Jr. p. 182
2007Ursinae Jin et al. p. 10935

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835

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.

Subfm. Ursinae Swainson 1835
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Tr. †Arctotheriini Jiangzuo and Flynn 2020
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G. †Arctodus Leidy 1854
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Arctodus pristinus Leidy 1854
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Invalid names: Ursus haplodon Cope 1896 [synonym]
Arctodus simus Cope 1879 [giant short-faced bear]
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Invalid names: Arctotherium californicum Merriam 1911 [synonym], Arctotherium yukonense Lambe 1911 [synonym], Dinarctotherium merriami Barbour 1916 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dinarctotherium Barbour 1916 [synonym], Tremarctotherium Kraglievich 1926 [synonym]
G. †Arctotherium Bravard 1857
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Arctotherium angustidens Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Arctotherium tarijense Ameghino 1902
Arctotherium wingei Ameghino 1902
G. †Plionarctos Frick 1926
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Plionarctos edensis Frick 1926
Plionarctos harroldorum Tedford and Martin 2001
G. Tremarctos Gervais 1855
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Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 [Florida cave bear]
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Invalid names: Tremarctos mexicanus Stock 1950 [synonym]
Tremarctos ornatus Cuvier 1825 [spectacled bear]
G. †Aurorarctos Jiangzuo and Flynn 2020
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Aurorarctos tirawa Jiangzuo and Flynn 2020
G. †Ballusia Ginsburg and Morales 1998
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Ballusia elmensis Stehlin 1917
Ballusia orientalis QIU et al. 1985
Ballusia zhegalloi Sotnikova et al. 2021
G. Melursus Meyer 1793
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Melursus ursinus Shaw 1791 [sloth bear]
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Invalid names: Arceus niger Goldfuss 1809 [synonym]
G. †Protarctos Kretzoi 1945
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Protarctos abstrusus Bjork 1970
Tr. †Ursavini
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G. †Ursavus Schlosser 1899
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Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887
Ursavus ehrenbergi Thenius 1947
Ursavus intermedius von Koenigswald 1925
Ursavus pawniensis Frick 1926
Ursavus primaevus Gaillard 1899
Ursavus sylvestris Qiu and Qi 1990
Ursavus tedfordi Qui and Wang 2014
Tr. Ursini
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G. Ursus Linnaeus 1758
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Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 [black bear]
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Invalid names: Euarctos vitabilis Gidley 1913 [synonym], Ursus altifrontalis Elliot 1903 [synonym], Ursus amblyceps Baird 1859 [synonym], Ursus amplidens Leidy 1853 [synonym], Ursus californiensis Miller 1900 [synonym], Ursus carlottae Osgood 1901 [synonym], Ursus floridanus Merriam 1896 [synonym], Ursus kermodei Hornaday 1905 [synonym], Ursus luteolus Griffith 1821 [synonym], Ursus machetes Elliot 1903 [synonym], Ursus optimus Schultz 1938 [synonym]
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]
Ursus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Ursus boeckhi Schlosser 1899
Ursus deningeri Reichenau 1904
Ursus dentrificius Meyer 1839
Ursus etruscus Cuvier 1823
Ursus inopinatus Merriam 1918
Ursus japonicus Koken 1885
Ursus kokeni Matthew and Granger 1923
Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 [sun bear]
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Invalid names: Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield 1826 [synonym]
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 [polar bear]
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Ursus maritimus tyrannus Kurten 1964
Invalid names: Thalarctos polaris Gray 1825 [synonym], Ursus marinus Pallas 1776 [synonym], Ursus polaris Shaw 1792 [synonym]
Ursus praemalayanus von Koenigswald 1935
Ursus priscus Goldfuss 1818
Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller 1794 [cave bear]
Ursus spelaeus spelaeus Rossenbüller 1794
Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 [Asian black bear]
Invalid names: Arceus Goldfuss 1809 [synonym], Arcticonus Pocock 1917 [synonym], Chondrorhynchus Fisher 1814 [synonym], Danis Gray 1825 [synonym], Euarctos Gray 1864 [synonym], Helarctos Horsfield 1826 [synonym], Melanarctos Heude 1898 [synonym], Mylarctos Lönnberg 1923 [synonym], Myrmarctos Gray 1864 [synonym], Prochilus Illiger 1811 [synonym], Selenarctos Heude 1901 [synonym], Thalarctos Gray 1825 [synonym], Thalassarctos Gray 1825 [synonym], Thalassiarchus Kobelt 1896 [synonym], Ursarctos Heude 1898 [synonym], Vetularctos Merriam 1918 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tremarctini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available