Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combinations: Arcticonus thibetanus, Selenarctos thibetanus
Belongs to Ursus according to S. Larivière 2001
See also Ewer 1973, Kurten 1968 and Waits et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus inopinatus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus kokeni, Ursus malayanus, Ursus maritimus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Euarctos minimus, Euarctos optimus, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (11 collections), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Spain (2), Thailand (2), Vietnam (1)
• Pliocene of France (1), Moldova (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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