Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Ursidae

Original position

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758
Ursus luscus Linnaeus, 1758
Ursus meles Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 250.

Alternative positions

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 69.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 588.

Historical positions

Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: F. Solé et al., 2014: fig. 9. [rough position]
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 588.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: 2000
Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 250-251.
Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 338.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 103.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1041.
Ursidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 69.
Feræ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 47.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s;39ss; †3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Dec 2014	[4s;39ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 590	[4s;39ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[4s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]