Ussuri black bear
| Ussuri black bear | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
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| Subspecies: | U. t. ussuricus
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| Ursus thibetanus ussuricus Heude, 1901
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Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricus | |
The Ussuri black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus), also known as the Manchurian black bear, is a large subspecies of the Asian black bear native to the Far East, including the Korean Peninsula.[1][2][3]
Etymology
The subspecies is named after the Ussuri River.[2]
Ecology
Sympatric predators include the Ussuri brown bear and Siberian tiger.[2][3]
References
- ^ Wu, Jiaqi; Kohno, Naoki; Mano, Shuhei; Fukumoto, Yukio; Tanabe, Hideyuki; Hasegawa, Masami; Yonezawa, Takahiro (2015-09-25). "Phylogeographic and Demographic Analysis of the Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Based on Mitochondrial DNA". PLOS ONE. 10 (9): e0136398. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1036398W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136398. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4583410. PMID 26406587.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b c d Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N. P. (1998). White-chested, black bear. Pages 713–733 in: Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol. II Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears). Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation.
- ^ a b Seryodkin, I.V. (2003). "Denning ecology of brown bears and Asiatic black bears in the Russian Far East" (PDF). Ursus. 14 (2): 153–161. JSTOR 3873015.
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