Ursus (mammal)

Ursus; Temporal range: Pliocene–Holocene,
	From top to bottom: brown bear, American black bear, polar bear, Asian black bear
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	Ursinae
Tribe:	Ursini
Genus:	Ursus; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Ursus arctos; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	Ursus arctos; Ursus americanus; Ursus maritimus; Ursus thibetanus; †Ursus spelaeus;
Synonyms
	Arcticonus Pocock, 1917; Danis J. E. Gray, 1825; Euarctos Gray, 1864; Mamursus Herrara, 1899; Melanarctos Heude, 1898; Mylarctos Lonney, 1923; Myrmarctos Gray, 1864; Selenarctos Heude, 1901; Spelearctos Geoffrey, 1833; Thalassarctos J. E. Gray, 1825; Thalassiarchus Kobolt, 1896; Ursarctos Heude, 1898; Ursulus Kretzoi, 1954; Vetularctos Merriam, 1918;

Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bear,^[3] the polar bear,^[4] the American black bear, and the Asian black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.^[5]^[6]

^ "ADW: Ursus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ "Brown Bear Fact Sheet". library.sandiegozoo.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Polar Bear Fact Sheet". library.sandiegozoo.org. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Definition of URSUS". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Ursus | Define Ursus at Dictionary.com". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2014-03-17.