Ursus thibetanus

G. Cuvier, 1823

Asian Black 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

Rech. Oss. Foss., Nouv. ed., 4, 325

Original name as described

Ursus thibetanus

Other common names

Himalayan Black Bear · Moon Bear · White-breasted Bear · Asian Black Bear

Type locality

Sylhet region (presently divided between Assam India and Bangladesh).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · China · Taiwan · Russia · Japan · North Korea · South Korea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005937

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 kokeni

Matthew & Granger, 1923

Family

Ursidae

Root name

kokeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH FM-18384

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

580

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Selenarctos leuconyx

(Heude, 1901)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

leuconyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BIZ H. 1137

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

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

Ursus clarki

A. de C. Sowerby, 1920

Family

Ursidae

Root name

clarki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BIZ H. 1137

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848211

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Ursus torquatus Var. 1. arboreus

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Ursidae

Root name

arboreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.5.6.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/698a781f-f3c2-4a64-bd51-e72ef412e72b

Authority page

688

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501031

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Ursus formosanus

Swinhoe, 1864

Family

Ursidae

Root name

formosanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1870.2.10.9

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

380

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Selenarctos thibetanus laniger

(Pocock, 1932)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d471c1e-217d-40b2-a6a5-8ca928ab72fe

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48198944

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Ursus torquatus macneili

Lydekker, 1909

Family

Ursidae

Root name

macneili

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/00242c19-968e-4f3b-85ed-5b403f48deab

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31210511

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Ursus mediterraneus

Forsyth Major, 1873

Family

Ursidae

Root name

mediterraneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IGF 4806 V, IGF 46

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali

Ursus thibetanus kurteni

Crégut-Bonnoure, 1997

Family

Ursidae

Root name

kurteni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MR (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

289

Authority publication

Geobios

Ursus japonicus

Schlegel, 1857

Family

Ursidae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39187.a, RMNH.MAM.39187.b, RMNH.MAM.39188, RMNH.MAM.39189, RMNH.MAM.39190, RMNH.MAM.39191, RMNH.MAM.39192

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39187.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39187.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39188 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39189 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39190 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39191 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39192

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=CQp00flpGN4C&pg=PA42

Authority publication

Breda

Name usages

Ward (1910:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Plionarctos (?) Stehlini

(M. Kretzoi, 1941)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

stehlini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 10166

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Selenarctos thibetanus wulsini

(A. B. Howell, 1928)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

wulsini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:240668

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365321e85-434f-4c78-af78-0175e709fe4c

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645550

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Ursus karabach

N. K. Vereshchagin & Tihonov, 1994

Family

Ursidae

Root name

karabach

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN 32549

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Moscow

Ursus thibetanus permjak

Baryshnikov, 2002

Family

Ursidae

Root name

permjak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN 35110

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33-43

Authority publication

Lynx (Praha)

Selenarctos mupinensis

(Heude, 1901)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

mupinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Selenarctos ussuricus

(Heude, 1901)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ussuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Ursus thibetanus vireti

Crégut-Bonnoure, 1997

Family

Ursidae

Root name

vireti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

292

Authority publication

Geobios

Ursus tibetanus

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Ursidae

Root name

tibetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523731

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Blyth (1863:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Ursus torquatus macneilli

Lydekker, 1909

Family

Ursidae

Root name

macneilli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

609

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31210116

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Selenarctos thibetanus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

thibetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Ursus thibetanus formosanus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

formosanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

gedrosianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus japonicus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus laniger

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus mupinensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

mupinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus thibetanus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

thibetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus ussuricus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ussuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Ursus thibetanus

G. Cuvier, 1823

Family

Ursidae

Root name

thibetanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Ossemens fossiles

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:145) (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 (1842:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Smith & Xie (2008:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22824/166528664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ursus Tebethianus

J. E. Gray, 1825

Family

Ursidae

Root name

tebethianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Annals of Philosophy

Ursus tibetanus

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Ursidae

Root name

tibetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062773

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Ursus torquatus

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Ursidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062773

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus Tebetanus

Hodgson, 1844

Family

Ursidae

Root name

tebetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405523

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Ursus sp. (? Melursus labiatus)

(Blanford, 1876)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Ursus gedrosianus

Blanford, 1877

Family

Ursidae

Root name

gedrosianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548405

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Ursus rexi

Matschie, 1897

Family

Ursidae

Root name

rexi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Selenarctos melli

(Matschie, 1922)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

melli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13203391

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Ursus angustidens

Zdansky, 1928

Family

Ursidae

Root name

angustidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1-146

Authority publication

Palaeontologia Sinica

Ursus schertzi

Dehm, 1943

Family

Ursidae

Root name

schertzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

137-153

Authority publication

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte

Ursus (Plionarctos) telonensis

Bonifay, 1971

Family

Ursidae

Root name

telonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

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