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Taxon: Genus Ursus Linnaeus, 1758 - black, brown, polar, sun, and sloth bears (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 47. ≡

Gender

Masculine Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).

Types

Type of: Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Ursus (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Type, by Linnaean tautonymy: Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 47. ("Ursus. Gesn. quadr. 14."). [new]

Variants

Unavailable name: Ursus (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Accepted name: Selenarctos (Genus) Heude, 1901 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name: Thalarctos (Genus) Gray, 1825 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Arceus (Genus) Goldfuss, 1809 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Arcticonus (Genus) Pocock, 1917 Ref: PBDB: 21 Sep 2018.
Synonymous name: Chondrorhynchus (Genus) Fischer, 1814 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Danis (Genus) Fabricius, 1807 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Euarctos (Subgenus) (Gray, 1864) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Helarctos (Genus) Horsfield, 1825 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Melanarctos (Genus) Heude, 1901 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Mylarctos (Genus) Lönnberg, 1923 Ref: PBDB: 18 Nov 2014.
Synonymous name: Myrmarctos (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Prochilus (Genus) Klein, 1775 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Selenarctos (Genus) Heude, 1901 Ref: PBDB: 21 Sep 2018.
Synonymous name: Thalassarctos (Genus) Gray, 1825 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: Thalassiarchus (Genus) Kobelt, 1896 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Ursarctos (Genus) Heude, 1898 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Vetularctos (Genus) Merriam, 1918 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Meles (Genus) nom. inval.
Including: Thalarctos (Genus) Gray, 1825 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 589. [inferred]
Including: Thalarctos (Subgenus) Gray, 1825 Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 589. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: beren s.s.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: black, brown, polar, sun, and sloth bears
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