13. Family: Ursidae 14. Species: Ursusarctos
Specialist Group, note that there is considerable uncertainty as to the true extent of subspeciation of Ursus arctos; in their view, purported subspecies are more appropriately treated as geographical units or populations. The number of subspecies recognized in the Baltic States and the area constit...
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| Summary: | Specialist Group, note that there is considerable uncertainty as to the true extent of subspeciation of Ursus arctos; in their view, purported subspecies are more appropriately treated as geographical units or populations. The number of subspecies recognized in the Baltic States and the area constituting the Soviet Union is unclear. Based on the reported distribution for the subspecies referred to by Soviet experts as U. a. leuconyx (Severtzov, 1826) and the reported distribution of the Appendix I subspecies U. a. isabeiinus (Horsfield, 1826), it is likely that these represent the same taxon/population. Other subspecies that have been described include:- Ursus arctos lasistanicus |
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