Ursus americanus Pallas 1780

Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780. Spicil. Zool., 14:5. TYPE LOCALITY: Eastern North America. DISTRIBUTION: N. C. Alaska to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to C. California, N. Nevada (U.S.A.), N. Nayarit and S. Tamaulipas (Mexico), and Florida (U.S.A.). COMMENT: Placed in subgenus Euarctos by...

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Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7205322
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Summary:Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780. Spicil. Zool., 14:5. TYPE LOCALITY: Eastern North America. DISTRIBUTION: N. C. Alaska to Labrador and Newfoundland (Canada), south to C. California, N. Nevada (U.S.A.), N. Nayarit and S. Tamaulipas (Mexico), and Florida (U.S.A.). COMMENT: Placed in subgenus Euarctos by Hall, 1981:947; and Thenius, 1979:293. Hendy, 1980:98, regarded Euarctos as a distinct genus. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002006002001. Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, pp. 244-289 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 251, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352980