Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, and black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear. [edit] Species and subspecies of Ursus - American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
- Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
- European Brown Bear, Ursus arctos arctos
- East Siberian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos collaris
- Kamchatka Brown Bear, Ursus arctos beringianus
- Atlas Bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri (extinct)
- Gobi Bear, Ursus arctos gobiensis
- Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
- Himalayan Brown Bear, Ursus arctos isabellinus
- Kodiak Bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi
- Mexican Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni (extinct?)
- Tibetan Blue Bear, Ursus arctos pruinosus
- Syrian Brown Bear, Ursus arctos syriacus
- Ussuri Brown Bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus
- Deninger's Bear, Ursus deningeri (extinct)
- Etruscan Bear, Ursus etruscus (extinct)
- Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus (earlier Thalarctos maritimus)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus maritimus (classification contested)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus marinus (classification contested)
- Auvergne bear, Ursus minimus (extinct)
- Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)
- MacFarlane's Bear, Ursus inopinatus (disputed)
- Asiatic Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus
- Formosan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus
- Baluchistan Bear or Pakistan Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus japonica
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus laniger
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus mupinensis
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus thibetanus
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus ussuricus[verification needed]
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