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Taxonomy
Accepted name
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Taxonomic rank
Species
Taxonomic status
valid
Taxonomic comment
Taxonomic identifier
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:305356
Nomenclature and Synonyms
Genus group name(s)
Ursus Linnaeus 1758 [genus]
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Species group name(s)
Original genus
arctos Linnaeus 1758 [species]
Ursus
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Rank
Name
Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Eumetazoa
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Infraphylum
Gnathostomata
Class
Mammalia
Subclass
Eutheria
Order
Carnivora
Suborder
Caniformia
Family
Ursidae
Genus
arctos
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Fauna Europaea status
Bogdanowicz, Prof. Dr Wieslaw
group coordinator
taxonomic specialist
Zagorodniuk, Dr Igor
associate specialist
Accepted name:
Author
Year
Title
Source
Mitchell-Jones A. J., Amori G., Bogdanowicz W., Krystufek B., Reijnders P.J.H., Spitzenberger F., Stubbe M., Thissen J.B.M., Vohralik V. & J. Zima
1999
The atlas of European Mammals
Academic Press, London, 484 pp.
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