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    Ursus kudarensis Baryshnikov, 1985 †Ursus minimus (Devèze & Bouillet, 1827) †Ursus pyrenaicus (Depéret, 1892) †Ursus rossicus Borissiak, 1930 †Ursus savini...
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    Polar bear (redirect from Ursus maritimus)
    name Ursus maritimus is Latin for 'sea bear'. Carl Linnaeus classified the polar bear as a type of brown bear (Ursus arctos), labelling it as Ursus maritimus...
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    Brown bear (redirect from Ursus arctos)
    "Moccasin Joe". The scientific name of the brown bear, Ursus arctos, comes from the Latin ursus, meaning "bear", and the Greek ἄρκτος/arktos, also meaning...
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    [page needed] A small primitive bear called Ursus abstrusus is the oldest known North American fossil member of the genus Ursus, dated to 4.95 mya. This suggests...
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  • Look up Ursus or ursus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Ursus (mammal), a genus of bears Ursus of Aosta...
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    Cave bear (redirect from Ursus spelaeus)
    The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years...
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    these are all the same species, Ursus arctos. In 1963, Rausch reduced the number of North American subspecies to one, Ursus arctos middendorffi. Further...
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    Huber, D.; Michel, S. (2016). "Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) isolated populations (Supplemented material to Ursus arctos Redlisting account)". IUCN Red List...
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    A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing...
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    ago. Ursus etruscus appears to have evolved from Ursus minimus and gave rise to the modern brown bear, Ursus arctos, and the extinct cave bear, Ursus spelaeus...
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    of Ursus etruscus, specifically the early, small variety of the Middle Villafranchian (Upper Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene) or a larger form of Ursus minimus...
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    Sun bear (redirect from Ursus (Helarctos))
    photographic capture–recapture sampling based on chest marks". Ursus. 23 (2): 117–133. doi:10.2192/URSUS-D-11-00009.1. S2CID 86278189. Sodhi, N. S.; Koh, L. P...
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    Ursus minimus (the Auvergne bear) is an extinct species of bear, endemic to Europe during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, living from 5.3 to 1.8 Mya, existing...
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    needed] U. deningeri is a descendant of Ursus savini and an ancestor of Ursus spelaeus.[citation needed] Ursus deningeri has a combination of primitive...
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    brown bear "Ursus Arctos". eunis.eea.europa.eu. Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Ursus arctos arctos". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of...
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    2020-06-10. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ursus arctos beringianus. Photos of the Kamchatka Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) by Klaus Nigge...
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  • (Ursus thibetanus) Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Banteng (Bos javanicus) Brow-antlered deer (Panolia eldi eldi) Himalayan Brown bear (Ursus arctos...
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    The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak...
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  • bears (Ursus arctos) and noticeably gracile features of the cranial and mandibular bones, that to some extent resemble those of Ursus arctos and Ursus etruscus...
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  • holotype of this species was found. Ursus ingressus was a large cave bear with massive, bulky limbs. It was larger than Ursus spelaeus, which has been estimated...
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    The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus), also known as the California golden bear, is an extinct population of the brown bear, generally...
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    1981). "Ursus Maritimus". Mammalian Species (145): 1–7. doi:10.2307/3503828. JSTOR 3503828. Kurtén, B (1964). "The evolution of the polar bear, Ursus maritimus...
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    Ursus rossicus (the Pleistocene small cave bear) is an extinct species of bear that lived in the steppe regions of northern Eurasia and Siberia during...
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    The Mexican grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis, formerly Ursus arctos nelsoni) is an extinct population of the grizzly bear in Mexico. The holotype...
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  • The heaviest land mammal is the African bush elephant, which has a weight of up to 10.1 t (11.1 short tons). It measures 10–13 ft at the shoulder and consumes...
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    The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus or Ursus arctos arctos) is a medium and endangered subspecies of Eurasian brown bear native to the Middle...
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    Ursus maritimus tyrannus (lit. 'tyrant maritime bear') is a controversial extinct subspecies of polar bear. The subspecies of polar bear was named by...
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    bear in North America. "Ursus americanus". explorer.natureserve.org. Island Of Newfoundland: S4 "Ursus americanus hamiltoni". Mammal Species of the World...
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    The Ussuri black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus), also known as the Manchurian black bear, is a large subspecies of the Asian black bear native to the...
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    The Kermode bear, sometimes called the spirit bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), is a subspecies of the American black bear and lives in the Central and...
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