Subspecies
Ursus americanus californiensis (California black bear)
Ursus americanus californiensis. Photo: (c) cloudya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is a medium-sized bear native to North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
- Order: Carnivora (Carnivorans)
- Family: Ursidae (Bears)
- Subfamily: Ursinae (Typical bears)
- Genus: Ursus (Holarctic bears)
- Species: Ursus americanus (American black bear)
- Subspecies: Ursus americanus californiensis (California black bear)
- Species: Ursus americanus (American black bear)
- Genus: Ursus (Holarctic bears)
- Subfamily: Ursinae (Typical bears)
- Family: Ursidae (Bears)
- Order: Carnivora (Carnivorans)
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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