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Ursus thibetanus (Asian black bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Ursus thibetanus was named by Cuvier (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Selenarctos thibetanus by Heude (1901) and Ewer (1973); it was recombined as Arcticonus thibetanus by Pocock (1917).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Ursus thibetanus Cuvier
1901Selenarctos thibetanus Heude
1917Arcticonus thibetanus Pocock p. 129
1968Ursus thibetanus Kurten p. 129
1973Selenarctos thibetanus Ewer
1999Ursus thibetanus Waits et al. p. 90
2001Ursus thibetanus Larivière p. 1

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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)
Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
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
tribeUrsini
genusUrsus
speciesthibetanusCuvier 1823

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 thibetanus Cuvier 1823 [Asian black bear]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available