Ursus

Ursus is a genus within the family Ursidae, order Carnivora, and class Mammalia. It belongs to the phylum Chordata and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted. Ursus is a member of the subfamily Ursinae.

This genus originated approximately 5 million years ago. Members of Ursus exhibit quadrupedalism, bipedalism, climbing, and aquatic locomotion. While the habitat is listed as marine, occurrence records are held by institutions including UTEP, CM, USNM, NHMUK, and FHSM. These records are located in the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Canada, and Mexico.

The genus has 210,888 occurrence records and 866 records with 118 media items. It is referenced by 738 other encyclopedia articles. Sources describing the taxon include the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.