NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Ursus
  Family - Ursidae
  Suborder - Caniformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Ursus arctos arctos
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos horribilis
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos pruinosus
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos isabellinus
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos alascensis
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos beringianus
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos californicus
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos collaris
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos crowtheri
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos dalli
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos gyas
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos lasiotus
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos middendorffi
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos sitkensis
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos stikeenensis
      Subspecies - Ursus arctos syriacus