Ussuri black bear

Ussuri black bear
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Ursidae
Genus:Ursus
Species: U. thibetanus
Subspecies: U. t. ussuricus
Trinomial name
Ursus thibetanus ussuricus
Heude, 1901
Synonyms

Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricus

The Ussuri black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus), also known as the Manchurian black bear, is a large subspecies of the Asian black bear native to the Far East, including the Korean Peninsula.[1][2][3]

Etymology

A sketch by A. N. Komarov.[2]

The subspecies is named after the Ussuri River.[2]

Ecology

Sympatric predators include the Ussuri brown bear and tiger.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Wu, Jiaqi; Kohno, Naoki; Mano, Shuhei; Fukumoto, Yukio; Tanabe, Hideyuki; Hasegawa, Masami; Yonezawa, Takahiro (2015-09-25). "Phylogeographic and Demographic Analysis of the Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Based on Mitochondrial DNA". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0136398. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136398. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4583410. PMID 26406587.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N. P. (1998). White-chested, black bear. Pages 713–733 in: Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol. II Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears). Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation.
  3. 1 2 Seryodkin, I.V. (2003). "Denning ecology of brown bears and Asiatic black bears in the Russian Far East" (PDF). Ursus. 14 (2): 153–161. JSTOR 3873015.


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