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Ursus spelaeus

species of mammal (fossil)
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Summary

Ursus spelaeus is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,282 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ursus[4]
  • Location of discovery: Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island[5], Kletno Bear Cave[6], Bear's Cave[7], Heinrichshöhle[8], Dechen Cave[9]
  • Taxon name: Ursus spelaeus[10]
  • Commons category: Ursus spelaeus[11]
  • Start time: -250000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
  • End time: -27000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ursus spelaeus[14]
  • Commons gallery: Ursus spelaeus[15]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Encyclopedia Americana[17]
  • Taxon common name: cave bear[18], ours des cavernes[19], niedźwiedź jaskiniowy[20], osu les cavernes[21]
  • Height: 3.5 m[22]
  • Mass: 1000 kg[23]

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Identifiers

Ursus spelaeus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 555834[24]. Ursus spelaeus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39097[25]. Ursus spelaeus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4441383[26]. Ursus spelaeus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4833659[27].

Why It Matters

Ursus spelaeus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Quaedam de ossibus fossilibus animalis cuiusdam, historiam eius et cognitionem accuratiorem illustrantia. books.google.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [26] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Ursus
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    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → fossil taxon
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