Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Ursidae

Subsequent positions

Ailuropodinae (Subfamily) Grevé, 1894

Current position

Ailuropodinae (Subfamily) Grevé, 1894

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 251.

Alternative positions

Ailuridae (Family) Gray, 1843	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Ailurinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1843	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 336.
Ailuropodidae (Family)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1041.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 586.

Historical positions

Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 586.
Ailuropodinae (Subfamily) Grevé, 1894	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 251.
Ailurinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1843	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 336.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 104.
Ailuropodidae (Family)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1041.
Procyonidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 587	[1s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1s