Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758

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

Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:47 .

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden .

DISTRIBUTION: Formerly, N. W. Africa, all of Palearctic from W. Europe, Near and Middle East through N. Himalayas to W. and N. China and Chukotka ( U.S. S.R.); Hokkaido ( Japan). Western North America, north from N. Mexico.

COMMENT: Hall, 1981:951- 958, listed 87 taxa (including 76 other species names) in the " Ursus arctos -group", which are here included in arctos ; see Corbet and Hill, 1980:94; see also Couturier, 1954, L'Ours brun, Ursus arctos L., Grenoble.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II (all North American subspecies).

CITES - Appendix I (Italian populations only).

CITES - Appendix I as U. a. isabellinus subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. nelsoni subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. pruinosus subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. arctos (Italian populations only). U.S. ESA - Threatened as U. a. horribilis subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002006001001.