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 americanus americanus
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus luteolus
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus altifrontalis
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus amblyceps
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus californiensis
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus carlottae
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus cinnamomum
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus emmonsii
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus eremicus
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus floridanus
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus hamiltoni
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus kermodei
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus machetes
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus perniger
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus pugnax
      Subspecies - Ursus americanus vancouveri