Ussuri brown bear

Ussuri brown bear
	At the Noboribetsu Bear Park in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) (Hokkaido)
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) (China and Russia)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Genus:	Ursus
Species:	U. arctos
Subspecies:	U. a. lasiotus
Trinomial name
	Ursus arctos lasiotus; Gray, 1867
Synonyms
	baikalensis Ognev, 1924; cavifrons (Heude, 1901); ferox Temminck, 1844; macneilli Lydekker, 1909; melanarctos Heude, 1898; yesoensis Lydekker, 1897

The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the Ezo brown bear, Russian grizzly bear, or the black grizzly bear,^[3] is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear (U. a. arctos).^[which?] One of the largest brown bears, a very large Ussuri brown bear may approach the Kodiak bear in size.^[4] It is not to be confused with the North American grizzly bear.

^ ^a ^b "IUCN Brown Bear subspecies status". Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ Gray, J. E. (1867). "Note on Ursus lasiotus, a hairy-eared bear from North China". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 3. 20 (118): 301. doi:10.1080/00222936708694139.
^ Storer, T.I.; Tevis, L.P. (1996). California Grizzly. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 335, 42–187. ISBN 978-0-520-20520-8. Alt URL
^ V. G. Heptner; N. P. Naumov, eds. (1998). Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume II, Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)]. Vol. II, Part 1a. Washington, D.C., USA: Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN 1-886106-81-9.

[IUCN_Brown_Bear_subspecies_status-1] "IUCN Brown Bear subspecies status". Retrieved August 29, 2022.

[2] Gray, J. E. (1867). "Note on Ursus lasiotus, a hairy-eared bear from North China". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 3. 20 (118): 301. doi:10.1080/00222936708694139.

[StorerTevis1955-3] Storer, T.I.; Tevis, L.P. (1996). California Grizzly. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 335, 42–187. ISBN 978-0-520-20520-8. Alt URL

[soviet-4] V. G. Heptner; N. P. Naumov, eds. (1998). Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume II, Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears)]. Vol. II, Part 1a. Washington, D.C., USA: Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN 1-886106-81-9.

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Ussuri brown bear

At the Noboribetsu Bear Park in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1] (Hokkaido)
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1] (China and Russia)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Genus:	Ursus
Species:	U. arctos
Subspecies:	U. a. lasiotus
Trinomial name
*Ursus arctos lasiotus* Gray, 1867^[2]
Synonyms
baikalensis Ognev, 1924 cavifrons (Heude, 1901) ferox Temminck, 1844 macneilli Lydekker, 1909 melanarctos Heude, 1898 yesoensis Lydekker, 1897