Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Ursidae > Genus Ursus

Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

UrsusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: ariu i murmë sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Mechkа; Мечка sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point
 Danish: Brun bjorn sources: Denmark PESI focal point
 Dutch: Bruine beer
 English: Brown bear sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))
 English-United States: Brown bear
 French: Ours brun
 German: Braunbär
 Greek: Καφέ αρκούδα sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Israel (Hebrew): דוב sources: Hebrew PESI focal point
 Italian: Orso bruno
 Lithuanian: Rudasis lokys
 Norwegian: brunbjørn sources: Norwegian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: bjørn; brunbjørn sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:47
 Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørn; brunbjørn sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:47
 Polish: Niedźwiedź brunatny sources: Poland PESI focal point
 Romanian: Urs-brun sources: Romania PESI focal point
 Russian: бу́рый медведь sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: rjavi medved sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Oso pardo sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: björn
 Turkish: Boz ayi; Boz ayı sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Ведмідь бурий

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305356

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2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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