URSIDAE, Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Ursidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 448-497 : 448

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5714493
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6617014
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scientific name	URSIDAE
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Family URSIDAE View in CoL

(BEARS)

• Large mammals with big head and thick neck, small eyes, rounded ears, no facial vibrissae; muscular bodies with stout legs, large paws, and short tail.

• 100-280 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic, Neotropical, and Oriental regions. View Figure

• Forested environments (boreal, temperate, and tropical) to tundra and semi-desert; one species in Arctic.

• 5 genera, 8 species, at least 44 extant taxa View Subdivision of the Ursidae .

• 1 species Endangered, 5 Vulnerable; 2 subspecies Extinct since 1600.