Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:	C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name	:	Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name	:	Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 47.
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Gender

Masculine

Ref: ICZN, 1999. Int. Code Zool. Nomencl. (ed. 4): Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).

Types

Type of	:	*Ursinae* (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	*Ursus* (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Type, by Linnaean tautonymy	:	*Ursus arctos* Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 47. ("Ursus. Gesn. quadr. 14."). [new]

Variants

Unavailable name

Ursus (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Accepted name	:	*Selenarctos* (Genus) Heude, 1901	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name	:	*Thalarctos* (Genus) Gray, 1825	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name	:	*Arceus* (Genus) Goldfuss, 1809	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Arcticonus* (Genus) Pocock, 1917	Ref: PBDB: 21 Sep 2018.
Synonymous name	:	*Chondrorhynchus* (Genus) Fischer, 1814	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Danis* (Genus) Fabricius, 1807	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Euarctos* (Subgenus) (Gray, 1864)	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Helarctos* (Genus) Horsfield, 1825	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Melanarctos* (Genus) Heude, 1901	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Mylarctos* (Genus) Lönnberg, 1923	Ref: PBDB: 18 Nov 2014.
Synonymous name	:	*Myrmarctos* (Genus) Gray, 1865	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Prochilus* (Genus) Klein, 1775	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Selenarctos* (Genus) Heude, 1901	Ref: PBDB: 21 Sep 2018.
Synonymous name	:	*Thalassarctos* (Genus) Gray, 1825	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Thalassiarchus* (Genus) Kobelt, 1896	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Ursarctos* (Genus) Heude, 1898	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Vetularctos* (Genus) Merriam, 1918	Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including	:	*Meles* (Genus) nom. inval.
Including	:	*Thalarctos* (Genus) Gray, 1825	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 589. [inferred]
Including	:	*Thalarctos* (Subgenus) Gray, 1825	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 589. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

beren s.s.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

black, brown, polar, sun, and sloth bears