Ursus arctos

Linnaeus, 1758

Brown Bear

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Ursus arctos

Other common names

Grizzly Bear · Kodiak Bear

Type locality

northern Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Albania · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Canada · China · Croatia · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia · Greece · India · Iran · Iraq · Italy · Japan · Kazakhstan · North Korea · Kyrgyzstan · Latvia · Mongolia · Montenegro · Nepal · North Macedonia · Norway · Pakistan · Poland · Romania · Russia · Serbia · Kosovo · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Tajikistan · Turkey · Ukraine · United States · Uzbekistan · Lebanon · Syria · Bhutan? · Austria? · Czech Republic? · Switzerland? · Turkmenistan?

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,WA,ID,MT,WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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