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Ursus arctos horribilis  Ord, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202385

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Ursus arctos nelsoni Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus absarokus Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus andersoni Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus apache Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus arizonae Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus bairdi Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus cinereus Desmarest, 1820
  
    Ursus dusorgus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus griseus Choris, 1822
  
    Ursus candescens C. E. Hamilton-Smith, 1827
  
    Ursus imperator Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus rogersi Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus pulchellus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus crassus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus ophrus Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus rungiusi Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus horriaeus Baird, 1858
  
    Ursus hylodromus Elliot, 1904
  
    Ursus selkirki Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus idahoensis Merriam, 1918
  
    Vetularctos inopinatus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus macfarlani Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus macrodon Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus mirus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus nelsoni Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus navaho Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus kluane Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus kennerleyi Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus oribasus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus pallasi Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus pellyensis Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus perturbans Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus planiceps Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus richardsoni Swainson, 1838
  
    Ursus russelli Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus shoshone Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus utahensis Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus washake Merriam, 1916
  
    Ursus rogersi bisonophagus Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus pulchellus ereunetes Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus shoshone canadensis Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus rungiusi sagittalis Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus horriaeus texensis Merriam, 1914
  
    Ursus kluane impiger Merriam, 1918
  
    Ursus phaeonyx latifrons Merriam, 1914
  
  Common Name(s): brown bear [English]
  
    grizzly bear [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyUrsidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – bears  
                                        GenusUrsus Linnaeus, 1758 – bears  
                                           SpeciesUrsus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 – Brown Bear, Grizzly Bear, Oso pardo  
                                              SubspeciesUrsus arctos horribilis Ord, 1815 – brown bear, grizzly bear  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis   
       
  Source: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/   
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Garshelis, D. L. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Ursidae (Bears)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 448-492   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hall, E. Raymond  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Mammals of North America, vol. 2, 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 601-1175   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-05443-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ursus arctos horribilis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native & Extirpated  
    Mexico, Native & Extirpated  
 

 

    

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