A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Ursidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bamboo BearAiluropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869) | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malayan Sun BearHelarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1822) | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sloth BearMelursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791) | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean BearTremarctos ornatus (F. G. Cuvier, 1825) | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Black BearUrsus americanus Pallas, 1780 | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown BearUrsus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Polar BearUrsus maritimus Phipps, 1774 | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Black BearUrsus thibetanus G. [Baron] Cuvier, 1823 | UrsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.