Tremarctos ornatus (F. G. Cuvier 1825)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 587

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scientific name	Tremarctos ornatus (F. G. Cuvier 1825)
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Treatment

[Ursus] ornatus F. G. Cuvier 1825 , in: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, pt. 3, Vol. 5, 50: "Ours des cordilieres du Chili, " 2 pp.

Type Locality: "cordiliéres du Chili," restricted by Cabrera (1957) to "los montañas al este de Trujillo, departamento de la Libertad, Perú." .

Vernacular Names: Spectacled Bear.

Synonyms: Tremarctos frugilegus (Tschudi 1844) ; Tremarctos lasallei Maria 1924 ; Tremarctos majori Thomas 1902 ; Tremarctos nasutus (Sclater 1868) ; Tremarctos thomasi (Hornaday 1911) .

Distribution: Mountainous regions of W Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama (?), Peru, W Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Some authors have considered this genus as the only extent member of the subfamily Tremarctinae ( Thenius, 1976) .