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  Ursus americanus
  Ursus maritimus
  Urus arctos


Ursus occurs as genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the cosmopolitan brown bears and black bears (including the Polar Bear). A title is from either a Latin ursus, meaning bear.

Species and subspecies of Ursus
Brown Bear, Ursus arctos Brown Bear, Urses arctos arctos Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis Golden Bear, Ursus arctos californicus (out) Kodiak Bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi Mexican Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni (out?) Hokkaido Bear, Ursus arctos yesoensis American Black Bear, Ursus americanus Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus Formosan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)

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Asiatic Black Bear
Brief information about Ursus thibetanus.

Faune Explo
Photos by Alain and Isabelle Boyaval of the brown bear or grizzly (Ursus arctos) and the American black bear (Ursus americanus) and their tracks. [English and French]

Sun Bear - Ursus malayanus
Short illustrated description of this bear of southeast Asia.




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