Ursus is a genus of bears comprising four living species, the American black bear, brown bear, polar bear and Asian black bear, plus several species known only from fossils. Members are solitary, sexually dimorphic mammals with a wide geographic range spanning North America, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, China and the Indian subcontinent, and the genus fossil record extends back more than five million years to the Pliocene.
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Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Asian black bear (Wikidata)
Source Ursus minimus (Wikipedia)
Source Brown bear (Wikipedia)
Source Cave bear (Wikipedia)
Source Ursus deningeri (Wikipedia)
Source Ursus etruscus (Wikipedia)
Source Ursus ingressus (Wikipedia)
Source Ursus dolinensis (Wikipedia)
Source Ursus rossicus (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ243359, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Ursus (mammal)
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Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae
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The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Ursus
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 4
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Ursus
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Ursus" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 23.04 ... "early_interval": "Aquitanian"
Wikidata: Ursus
Wikidata Q243359, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Asian black bear (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Asian Black Bear, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q243359 (Ursus)View the Source Cave bear (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Cave bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Cave bear, Lead
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear
Ursus etruscus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Etruscan bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Etruscan bear, Lead
Ursus etruscus, the Etruscan bear, is an extinct bear species
Ursus deningeri (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Deninger's bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Deninger's bear, Lead
Ursus deningeri (sometimes called Deninger's bear) is an extinct species of bear
Ursus minimus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Auvergne bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Auvergne bear, Lead
Ursus minimus (the Auvergne bear) is an extinct species of bear
Ursus ingressus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Gamssulzen cave bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Gamssulzen cave bear, Lead
Ursus ingressus is an extinct species of the cave bear species complex
Brown bear (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Brown bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Brown bear, Lead
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.
Ursus rossicus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Pleistocene small cave bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Pleistocene small cave bear, Lead
Ursus rossicus is an extinct species of bear
Ursus dolinensis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Gran Dolina bear, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Gran Dolina bear, Lead
Ursus dolinensis (the Gran Dolina bear) is an extinct mammalian carnivore species of the Ursidae family.
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