Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bear, [3] the polar bear, [4] the American black bear, and the Asian black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear. [5] [6]

Ursidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes the giant panda, brown bear, and polar bear, and many other extant or extinct mammals. A member of this family is called a bear or an ursid. They are widespread across the Americas and Eurasia.

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America. Of the land carnivorans, it is rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly bigger on average.

Dec 13, 2019 · Brown bears (Ursus arctos) are some of the world's largest terrestrial meat-eating mammals. They range across North America, Europe, and Asia and include numerous subspecies, such as the Carpathian bear, the European brown bear, the Gobi bear, the grizzly bear, the Kodiak bear, and several others.

May 27, 2024 · Brown bears evolved from Ursus etruscus in Asia 800,000 years ago. Genetic analysis indicates they diverged from the cave bear complex 1.2-1.4 million years ago. Fossils of this species are found in China from 0.5 million years ago.

TAXONOMY: The currently accepted scientific name for American black bear is Ursus americanus Linnaeus [19, 83, 276]. There are 16 subspecies in North America [83, 276]: Ursus americanus altifrontalis Elliot. Ursus americanus amblyceps Baird. Ursus americanus americanus Pallas. Ursus americanus califoriensis J. Miller.

Through­out their range, prime black bear habi­tat is char­ac­ter­ized by rel­a­tively in­ac­ces­si­ble ter­rain, thick un­der­story veg­e­ta­tion, and abun­dant sources of food in the form of shrub or tree-borne soft or hard mast.

Ursus arc­tos is largest along the the coast of south­ern Alaska and on nearby is­lands where males av­er­age 389 kg and fe­males av­er­age 207 kg, though some males have been weighed at as much as 780 kg.

Dec 1, 2022 · Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bear, the polar bear, the American black bear, and the Asian black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.

Oct 3, 2024 · Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, and black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear. Contents. evolution of the genus Ursus; Species and subspecies of Ursus; References