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Ursidae (bear)
Taxonomy
Ursidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ferae by Gray (1825); to Ferae by Bonaparte (1850); to Fissipedia by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Hendey (1974); to Canoidea by Chorn and Hoffman (1978); to Carnivora by Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Nowak (1991); to Arctoidea by Carroll (1988) and Hunt (1998); and to Arctoidea by Salesa et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Ferae by Gray (1825); to Ferae by Bonaparte (1850); to Fissipedia by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Hendey (1974); to Canoidea by Chorn and Hoffman (1978); to Carnivora by Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Nowak (1991); to Arctoidea by Carroll (1988) and Hunt (1998); and to Arctoidea by Salesa et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Ursidae Gray |
| 1850 | Ursidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1891 | Ursidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1972 | Subparictidae Clark and Guensburg |
| 1974 | Ursidae Hendey p. 68 |
| 1978 | Ursidae Chorn and Hoffman p. 1 |
| 1981 | Ursidae Thurmond and Jones p. 175 |
| 1988 | Ursidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Ursidae Nowak |
| 1998 | Ursidae Hunt, Jr. p. 174 |
| 2006 | Ursidae Salesa et al. p. 381 |
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