Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Euarctos americanus
Synonyms: Euarctos vitabilis Gidley 1913, Ursus altifrontalis Elliot 1903, Ursus amblyceps Baird 1859, Ursus amplidens Leidy 1853, Ursus californiensis Miller 1900, Ursus carlottae Osgood 1901, Ursus floridanus Merriam 1896, Ursus kermodei Hornaday 1905, Ursus luteolus Griffith 1821, Ursus machetes Elliot 1903, Ursus optimus Schultz 1938
Belongs to Ursus according to S. Larivière 2001
See also Albright et al. 2019, Alroy 2002, Emslie and Czaplewski 1985, Ewer 1973, Graham 1991, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Schultz 1938, Waits et al. 1999 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: 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, Euarctos optimus, Euarctos minimus, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos labradorensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec collections), Mexico (1), United States (64: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
Total: 70 collections including 72 occurrences
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