Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies:

Ursus americanus altifrontalis Elliot, 1903

Ursus americanus amblyceps Baird, 1859

Ursus americanus americanus Pallas, 1780

Ursus americanus californiensis Miller, 1900

Ursus americanus carlottae Osgood, 1901

Ursus americanus cinnamomum Audubon and Bachman, 1854

Ursus americanus emmonsii Dall, 1895

Ursus americanus eremicus Merriam, 1904

Ursus americanus floridanus Merriam, 1896

Ursus americanus hamiltoni Cameron, 1957

Ursus americanus kermodei Hornaday, 1905

Ursus americanus luteolus Griffith, 1821

Ursus americanus machetes Elliot, 1903

Ursus americanus perniger J. A. Allen, 1910

Ursus americanus pugnax Swarth, 1911

Ursus americanus vancouveri Hall, 1928

Common names:

American Black Bear English

black bear English

Oso negro Spanish

ours noir French

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Mammalia

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Order Carnivora

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Family Ursidae

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Genus Ursus

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Distribution:

North America; Middle America

Additional data:

Source database:

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Nov 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Gardner A. L., 28-Oct-2003

Online resource:

http://www.itis.gov/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:df152a98-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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