Ursine (other)
Ursine may refer to: Zoology * Loosely, Ursidae, members of the bear family (conventionally designated ursids) ** Following the taxonomic convention, Ursinae, the subfamily Places * Ursine, Nevada Ursine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. It is located in the foothills of the White Rock Mountains on Eagle Valley about two miles downstream from the Eagle Valley Reservoir and ...

Ursidae
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, small rounded ears, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails. While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous, and the giant panda feeds almost entirely on bamboo, the remaining six species are omnivorous with varied diets. With the exception of courting individuals and mothers with their young, bears are typically solitary animals. They may be diurnal or nocturnal and have an excellent sense of smell. Despite their heavy build and awkward gait, they are adept runners, climbers, ...
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Ursinae
Ursinae is a subfamily of Ursidae (bears) named by Swainson (1835). It was assigned to Ursidae by Bjork (1970), Hunt (1998) and Jin et al. (2007). Classification The genera ''Melursus'' and ''Helarctos'' are sometimes also included in ''Ursus''. The Asiatic black bear and the polar bear used to be placed in their own genera, ''Selenarctos'' and ''Thalarctos''; these are now placed at subgenus rank. * Subfamily Ursinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 ** '' Helarctos'' Horsfield, 1825 *** ''Helarctos malayanus'' ( Raffles, 1821) – sun bear ** '' Melursus'' Meyer, 1793 ***''Melursus ursinus'' (Shaw, 1791) – sloth bear ** '' Ursus'' Linnaeus, 1758 *** ''Ursus americanus'' (Pallas, 1780) – American black bear *** ''Ursus arctos'' Linnaeus, 1758 – brown bear *** †''Ursus boeckhi'' Schlosser, 1899 *** †''Ursus deningeri'' Richenau, 1904 *** †''Ursus etruscus'' Cuvier, 1823 *** †''Ursus ingressus'' Rabeder, Hofreiter, Nagel & Withalm 2004 *** †''Ursus kudarensis'' Ba ...
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