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Ursus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q243359
Ursus
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Ursus

Summary

Ursus is a taxon[1]. Ursus ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,254 views/month, #1,281 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ursus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ursus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ursus belongs to the parent taxon Ursinae[5].
  • Ursus's scientific name is Ursus[6].
  • Ursus's Commons category is recorded as Ursus (genus)[7].
  • Ursus began on -5333000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Ursus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ursus[9].
  • Ursus's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10].
  • Ursus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • Ursus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Ursus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Ursus's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14].
  • Ursus's taxon synonym is recorded as Myrmarctos[15].
  • Ursus's taxon synonym is recorded as Ursulus[16].
  • Ursus's taxon synonym is recorded as Arcticonus[17].
  • Ursus's different from is recorded as bear[18].
  • Ursus's means of locomotion is recorded as quadrupedalism[19].
  • Ursus's means of locomotion is recorded as bipedalism[20].
  • Ursus's means of locomotion is recorded as climbing[21].
  • Ursus's means of locomotion is recorded as aquatic locomotion[22].

Body

Classification

Ursus's scientific name is Ursus[6]. Ursus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ursus belongs to the parent taxon Ursinae[5].

Identifiers

Ursus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41637[23]. Ursus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9639[24]. Ursus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559142[25]. Ursus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433406[26]. Ursus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180541[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ursus include Bear-Cross Pass[28], a mountain pass[29], in Georgia[30].

Why It Matters

Ursus ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,254 views/month, #1,281 of 195,241).[2] Ursus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Ursus is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Ursus include Bear-Cross Pass[28], a mountain pass[29], in Georgia[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] โ†‘ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] โ†‘ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] โ†‘ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] โ†‘ . 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†‘ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] โ†‘ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] โ†‘ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. โ†’ on this site
  2. [30] 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. [31] โ†‘ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] โ†‘ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon synonym โ†’ Myrmarctos, Ursulus, Arcticonus
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