Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Synonyms: Arceus Goldfuss 1809, Arcticonus Pocock 1917, Chondrorhynchus Fisher 1814, Danis Gray 1825, Euarctos Gray 1864, Helarctos Horsfield 1826, Melanarctos Heude 1898, Mylarctos Lönnberg 1923, Myrmarctos Gray 1864, Prochilus Illiger 1811, Selenarctos Heude 1901, Thalarctos Gray 1825, Thalassarctos Gray 1825, Thalassiarchus Kobelt 1896, Ursarctos Heude 1898, Ursus (Euarctos) Gray 1864, Vetularctos Merriam 1918
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Ursini according to R. M. Hunt 1998
See also Albright et al. 2019, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Carroll 1988, DeMaster and Stirling 1981, Ewer 1973, Geraads 1997, Gidley 1913, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Jin et al. 2007, Koufos et al. 2018, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Larivière 2001, Linnaeus 1758, Medin et al. 2017, Waits et al. 1999, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Euarctos minimus Euarctos optimus Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus Thalassarctos jenaensis Thalassarctos labradorensis Thalassarctos spitzbergensis Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis 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 Ursus thibetanus
Type: Ursus arctos
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (2), Canada (53: British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (21), Croatia (2), the Czech Republic (3), Denmark (1), France (24), Georgia (2), Germany (20), Greece (16), Greenland (31), Hungary (6), Indonesia (1), Israel (3), Italy (36), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (1), Laos (1), Libya (1), Malaysia (2), Mexico (2), Monaco (3), Mongolia (1), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (4), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (1), Norway (8), Portugal (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (10), Spain (23), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Sweden (9), Taiwan (1), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (13), United States (105: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Turkey (1)
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), France (3), Georgia (2), Greece (6), Hungary (6), Italy (2), Moldova (3), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (2), Tajikistan (4), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Neogene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1)
Total: 482 collections including 518 occurrences
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