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

Ursidae Fischer, 1817

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ursus Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): bjørnefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: bears sources: ITIS database

German: Bären sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Αρκτίδες sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: orsidi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: lokiniai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: bjørnefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: bjørnefamilien sources: Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5:372

Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørnefamilien sources: Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5:372

Nynorsk (Norwegian): bjørnefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: niedźwiedziowate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: медве́жьи sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: medvedi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: björnar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ayıgiller sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Ведмедеві

Literature

basis of record	Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Ursidae Fischer, 1817. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136977