Brown Bear
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Ursidae |
| Genus | Ursus |
| Species | Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2017.
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N3 Vulnerable
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
Subnational ranks
- Nevada
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- South Dakota
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Colorado
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Minnesota
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- New Mexico
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Oregon
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Kansas
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Idaho
- SNR Unranked
- North Dakota
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Nebraska
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Wyoming
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Montana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Oklahoma
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Navajo Nation
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Alaska
- S4 Apparently Secure
- California
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Arizona
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Texas
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Washington
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Utah
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- British Columbia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Alberta
- S3 Vulnerable
- Yukon
- S3 Vulnerable
- Northwest Territories
- S3 Vulnerable
- Saskatchewan
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Manitoba
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Nunavut
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
How to cite this account
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-3042. https://cavebiology.org/species/ursus-arctos/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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