Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 251

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7352980
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7205322
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scientific name	Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780
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Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 View in CoL . 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.