Biology:Ussuri black bear

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Short description: Subspecies of carnivore

Ussuri black bear
Ursus thibetanus ussuricus Kaliningrad Zoo.JPG
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species:
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.[2][3][4]

Etymology

The subspecies is named after the Ussuri River.[3]

Ecology

Sympatric predators include the Ussuri brown bear and Siberian tiger.[3][4]

References

  1. "Asian Black Bear". https://www.gbif.org/species/2433425. 
  2. 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. PMID 26406587. Bibcode2015PLoSO..1036398W. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Seryodkin, I.V. (2003). "Denning ecology of brown bears and Asiatic black bears in the Russian Far East". Ursus 14 (2): 153–161. http://www.bearbiology.com/fileadmin/tpl/Downloads/URSUS/Vol_14_2/Seryodkin_14_2.pdf. 

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