Tremarctos ornatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Andean Bear

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Ursoidea
Family : Ursidae
Subfamily : Tremarctinae
Genus : Tremarctos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1827. Ours. Ursus. Pp. 522–534 in Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.-B. (eds.). Dictionnaire classique d'Histoire naturelle. Tome douzième. NUA-PAM. Rey et Gravier, Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle, 634 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25071301

Original name as described

Ursus ornatus

Other common names

Spectacled Bear · Ucumari

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type specimen purportedly from northern Chile, but the species does not occur there.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina?

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005931

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ursus nasutus

(P. L. Sclater, 1868)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.10.19.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8f2a9c1-280e-4751-8f54-e1f5978073aa

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664560

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Tremarctos ornatus Majori

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Ursidae

Root name

majori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.8.31.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/696110d0-ed46-4d5f-9bec-9c1ee16557b4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/adadb533-6231-4ed2-aa41-fada1366b31f

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331499

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus frugilegus

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

frugilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007874

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

  1. Tschudi (1845:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus ornatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

531

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25071301

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  4. Smith (1842:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Lesson (1842:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Tschudi (1845:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  7. Ward (1910:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Tremarctos ornatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22066/123792952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ornatus

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1825)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Authority page

pl. 218 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44522891

Authority publication

Paris

Ursus fructilegus

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

fructilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089023

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Ursus fructilegus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

fructilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Solothurn

Ursus ornatus thomasi

(Hornaday, 1911)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

764

Authority publication

Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Tremarctos lasallei

Maria, 1924

Family

Ursidae

Root name

lasallei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Boletín de la Sociedad Colombiana de las Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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