Ursus

See also: ursus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin ursus (“bear”).

Proper noun

Ursus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ursidae – the American black bear, the polar bear and the grizzly (or brown bear) are all species of the genus Ursus.

Hypernyms

• (species): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Ursidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus maritimus, Ursus thibetanus - species

Further reading

• Ursus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ursus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies