Ursus (biology)
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus
Species
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Ursus is a genus of bear that includes the widely distributed Brown Bears and Black Bears.

Genus Ursus

• Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
  • Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Golden Bear, Ursus arctos californicus
  • Kodiak Bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi
  • Mexican Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni
  • Ursus arctos stickeenensis
• American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
• Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus
• Asiatic Black Bear, Ursus thibetanus
• Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)

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