Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter 193269 10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 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.