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Ursus americanus (black bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy
Ursus americanus was named by Pallas (1780). It is extant.

It was recombined as Euarctos americanus by Ewer (1973).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Ursus americanus Pallas
1821Ursus luteolus Griffith p. 236
1853Ursus amplidens Leidy
1859Ursus amblyceps Baird p. 29
1896Ursus floridanus Merriam p. 81
1900Ursus californiensis Miller p. 250
1901Ursus carlottae Osgood p. 30
1902Ursus americanus Hay p. 763
1902Ursus amplidens Hay p. 763
1903Ursus altifrontalis Elliot p. 234
1903Ursus machetes Elliot p. 235
1905Ursus kermodei Hornaday p. 82
1913Euarctos vitabilis Gidley
1938Ursus optimus Schultz
1967Ursus americanus Wilson p. 210
1973Euarctos americanus Ewer
1980Ursus americanus Kurten and Anderson p. 183
1985Ursus americanus Emslie and Czaplewski p. 2
1999Ursus americanus Waits et al. p. 90
2001Ursus americanus Larivière p. 1
2019Ursus americanus Albright et al. p. 176

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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
speciesamericanusPallas 1780

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 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available