Ursus (biology) - Definition and Overview

Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears and black bears.

Genus Ursus

• Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
  • Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Golden Bear, Ursus arctos californicus
  • Kodiak Bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi
  • Mexican Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni
• American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
• Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus
• Asiatic Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus
  • Formosan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus
• Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)

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