Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
       Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
         Family Ursidae Batsch, 1788 - bears
           Genus Ursus Linnaeus, 1758 - black, brown, polar, sun, and sloth bears
             Ursus thibetanus Cuvier, 1823 - Asian black bear
               1 [Ursus thibetanus thibetanus] Cuvier, 1823
               2 Ursus thibetanus formosanus Swinhoe, 1864
               3 Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus Blanford, 1877
               4 Ursus thibetanus japonicus Schlegel, 1857
               5 Ursus thibetanus laniger (Pocock, 1932)
               6 Ursus thibetanus mupinensis (Heude, 1901)
               7 Ursus thibetanus ussuricus (Heude, 1901)