Ursus arctos

Translingual

European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) running

Etymology

From Latin ursus (“bear”) + Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

Proper noun

Ursus arctos m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Ursidae – brown bear.

Hypernyms

• (species): Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Ursidae - family; Ursus - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Ursus arctos arctos (European brown bear), Ursus arctos ognevi, Ursus arctos beringianus, †Ursus arctos crowtheri, Ursus arctos gobiensis, Ursus arctos horribilis (grizzly bear), Ursus arctos isabellinus (Himalayan brown bear), Ursus arctos formicarius, Ursus arctos lasiotus, Ursus arctos marsicanus, Ursus arctos meridionalis, Ursus arctos middendorffi (Kodiak bear), †Ursus arctos nelsoni, Ursus arctos collaris, Ursus arctos pruinosus (Tibetan blue bear), Ursus arctos syriacus, Ursus arctos yesoensis, Ursus arctos piscator - subspecies

References

• Brown bear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Subspecies of brown bear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ursus arctos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ursus arctos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ursus arctos in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Ursus arctos at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ursus arctos at National Center for Biotechnology Information