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Ursus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q243359
Ursus
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Summary

Ursus is a taxon[1]. Ursus ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,116 views/month, #1,281 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ursinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Ursus[5]
  • Commons category: Ursus (genus)[6]
  • Start time: -5333000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ursus[8]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[9], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13]
  • Taxon synonym: Myrmarctos[14], Ursulus[15], Arcticonus[16]
  • Different from: bear[17]
  • Means of locomotion: quadrupedalism[18], bipedalism[19], climbing[20], aquatic locomotion[21]

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Identifiers

Ursus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41637[22]. Ursus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9639[23]. Ursus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559142[24]. Ursus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433406[25]. Ursus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180541[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ursus include Bear-Cross Pass[27], a mountain pass[28], in Georgia[29].

Why It Matters

Ursus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Ursus is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Ursus include Bear-Cross Pass[27], a mountain pass[28], in Georgia[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [23] โ†‘ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] โ†‘ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [12] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] โ†‘ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] โ†‘ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] โ†‘ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] โ†‘ . wikidata.org. โ†’ on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. โ†’ on this site
  2. [29] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. โ†’ on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] โ†‘ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] โ†‘ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] โ†‘ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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