IRMNG - Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1091523 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1091523)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ursidae Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Arcticonus Pocock, 1917 · unaccepted

Danis Gray, 1825 · unaccepted

Euarctos Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Mamursus Herrera, 1899 · unaccepted

Melanarctos Heude, 1901 · unaccepted

Mylarctos Lönnberg, 1923 · unaccepted

Myrmarctos Gray, 1865 · unaccepted

Selenarctos Heude, 1901 · unaccepted

Thalassarctos Gray, 1825 · unaccepted

Thalassarctus Gloger, 1841 · unaccepted

Thalassiarchus Kobelt, 1896 · unaccepted

Ursarctos Heude, 1898 · unaccepted

Ursulus Kretzoi, 1954 † · unaccepted

Vetularctos Merriam, 1918 · unaccepted

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Species Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780
Species Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Species Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774
Species Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth
Species Ursus thibetanus G. [Baron] Cuvier, 1823
Species Ursus luteolus Griffith, 1821 accepted as Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 47 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Ursus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1091523 on 2024-10-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 47 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Selenarctos Heude, 1901) Mém. Emp. Chin., 5
page(s): 2 [details]

original description (of Myrmarctos Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 678
page(s): 694 [details]

original description (of Ursarctos Heude, 1898) Mém. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chinois, 4 (1)
page(s): 18 [details]

original description (of Ursulus Kretzoi, 1954 †) Jb. ung. Geol. Reichsanst., 1953, 223
page(s): 248 [details]

original description (of Mylarctos Lönnberg, 1923) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1923
page(s): 91 [details]

original description (of Thalassarctos Gray, 1825) Ann. Phil., 26, 62 (as Thalarctos; also as Thalassarctos p. 339). [details]

original description (of Thalassiarchus Kobelt, 1896) Ber. Senckenb. Ges., 1896
page(s): 93 [details]

original description (of Melanarctos Heude, 1901) Mém. Emp. Chin., 5, no. 1
page(s): 1 [details]

original description (of Thalassarctus Gloger, 1841) Gemeinnütz. Naturges., 1
page(s): 54 [details]

original description (of Vetularctos Merriam, 1918) N. Amer. Fauna, 41
page(s): 131 [details]

original description (of Danis Gray, 1825) Ann. Phil., 26
page(s): 60 [details]

original description (of Euarctos Gray, 1865) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 692 [details]

original description (of Arcticonus Pocock, 1917) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) 20
page(s): 129 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes 1 marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758, by tautonymy (Melville and Smith, 1987). [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Mylarctos Lönnberg, 1923)
To BioNames database (from synonym Arcticonus Pocock, 1917)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Arcticonus Pocock, 1917)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Mylarctos Lönnberg, 1923)
To WoRMS