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Ursus arctos

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q36341
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Summary

Ursus arctos is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.037% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,602 views/month, #72 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Animal of the Year[3], Q109758751[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Ursus[7]
  • Taxon name: Ursus arctos[8]
  • Subclass of: bear[9]
  • Commons category: Ursus arctos[10]
  • Start time: -500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11]
  • Foods traditionally associated: honey[12], Salmo[13], trout[14], berry[15], apple[16], watermelon[17], melon[18], red deer[19], Alces alces[20], Rangifer tarandus[21], Cervus canadensis[22], Sus scrofa[23], roe deer[24], Bison[25]

Body

Identifiers

Ursus arctos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9644[26]. Ursus arctos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328581[27]. Ursus arctos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433433[28]. Ursus arctos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180543[29].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ursus arctos include Allium ursinum[30], a taxon[31] and House at the Two Golden Bears[32], a house[33], in Czech Republic[34].

Why It Matters

Ursus arctos has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Allium ursinum[30], a taxon[31] and House at the Two Golden Bears[32], a house[33], in Czech Republic[34].

FAQs

What awards did Ursus arctos receive?

Honors received include Animal of the Year[3] and Q109758751[4].

Related Entities

Finland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . deutschewildtierstiftung.de. Retrieved . deutschewildtierstiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [27] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Winter view → Kodiak brown bear in the snow (51942706388).jpg
    Salzburgwiki id → 32392
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brown Bear'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Oso Pardo'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ours brun'} +11
    Image → Brown bear (Ursus arctos), Viiksimo, Kainuu region, Finland , Brown bear.jpg, 202309 Ezo brown bear.svg
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C6392, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 13w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14635 → Bear tracks at Katmai Bay (51618530507).jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14635: Bear tracks at Katmai Bay (51618530507).jpg"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → brown-bear
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: brown-bear, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920435|brown bear (#289920435)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Near Threatened
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Endangered status, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0213154-medved-hnedy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0213154-medved-hnedy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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