Ursidae

Ursus americanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ursoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Ursida Superfamilia: Ursoidea

Familia: Ursidae
Subfamiliae: Ailuropodinae – Tremarctinae – Ursinae – †Agriotheriinae – †Hemicyoninae – †Ursavinae

Name

Ursidae Batsch, 1788

Combinations

• Ursina Batsch, 1788: 110
• Ursini: Fischer, 1817: 372
• Ursinidae: Gray, 1821: 301
• Ursidae: Gray, 1825: 339

Synonyms

• Ailuropodidae Pocock, 1916: 19; Pocock, 1921: 420

References

Primary references

• Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien. Erster Theil. Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische. Jena: Akademischen Buchandlung, 528 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79854.

Additional references

• Dubois, A. & Bour, R. 2010. The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 149–171.
• Fischer, G. 1817. Adversaria zoologica. Fascicule I. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 357–446. BHL. 1 De nexu corporum naturalium in universum. pp. 357–367. 2 De systemate Mammalium. pp. 368–391. 3 De mammalium generibus. pp. 391–446. Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Gray, J.E. 1825. An Outline of an Attempt at the Disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a List of the Genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy (ns) 10: 337–344. BHL Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 
• Penteriani, V. & Melletti, M. (eds.) 2020. Bears of the World: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Cambridge University Press. 406 pp. DOI: 10.1017/9781108692571.
• Pocock, R.I. 1921. The External Characters and Classification of the Procyonidæ. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 91(2): 389–422. BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1921.tb03270.x.
• Ursidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Beer
• Akan: Sisire
• aragonés: Onso
• العربية: دب
• asturianu: Osu
• беларуская: Мядзведзевыя
• български: Мечка
• বাংলা: ভাল্লুক
• català: Ós
• čeština: Medvědovití
• dansk: Bjørn
• Deutsch: Bär
• Ελληνικά: Αρκούδα
• English: Bears
• Esperanto: Urso
• español: Oso
• eesti: Karulased
• فارسی: خرس
• suomi: Karhut
• français: Ursidés
• עברית: דוביים
• हिन्दी: भालू
• hrvatski: Medvjedi
• magyar: Medvefélék
• Bahasa Indonesia: Beruang
• íslenska: Birnir
• italiano: Orso
• 日本語: クマ科
• lietuvių: Meškos (lokiai)
• latviešu: Lāči
• Nederlands: Beer
• norsk: Bjørn
• polski: Niedźwiedziowate
• português: Ursídeos/Ursos
• română: Urs
• русский: Медвежьи
• svenska: Björnar
• ไทย: หมี
• Türkçe: Ayıgiller
• українська: Ведмежі
• ייִדיש: בער
• 中文: 熊科

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