| LC control no. | sh 85119680 |
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| LC classification | QL737.C27 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Asiatic black bear |
| Variant(s) | Black bear, Asiatic Blond moon bear Golden moon bear Himalayan black bear Moon bear Selenarctos thibetanus Tibetan black bear Ursus arboreus Ursus clarki Ursus formosanus Ursus gedrosianus Ursus japonicus Ursus laniger Ursus leuconyx Ursus macneilli Ursus melli Ursus mupinensis Ursus rexi Ursus thibetanus Ursus torquatus Ursus ussuricus Ursus wulsini |
| See also | Ursus |
| Found in | Montgomery, S. Search for the golden moon bear, c2002: p. 6 (original Latin name, Selenarctos thibetanus) p. 56 (Asiatic black bear) p. 86 (Ursus thibetanus) p. 309 (blond moon bears represent a color phase never before reported) Mammal species of the world, via WWW, Dec. 10, 2002 (Ursus thibetanus. Common name: Asiatic Black Bear. Original name: Ursus thibetanus G.[Baron] Cuvier, 1823. Placed in subgenus Selenarctos by Gromov and Baranova (1981); and in subgenus Euarctos by Thenius (1979). Pocock (1932) retained in a separate genus, there is molecular support for both positions (Goldman et al., 1989). Synonyms: arboreus, clarki, formosanus, gedrosianus, japonicus, laniger, leuconyx, macneilli, melli, mupinensis, rexi, torquatus, ussuricus, wulsini) Animal diversity Web, via WWW, Dec. 10, 2002 (Ursus thibetanus, Asiatic Black Bear. Also referred to the Himalayan Black Bear or the Tibetan Black Bear) 2002 IUCN red list of threatened species, via WWW, Dec. 10, 2002 (Ursus thibetanus. Asiatic black bear, Himalayan black bear) Bears of the world, via Craighead Environmental Research Institute WWW site, Dec. 10, 2002: Asiatic black bear (Asiatic, or Tibetan, black bear, Ursus thibetanus) Bears of the world, via American Bear Association WWW site, Dec. 10, 2002 (Asiatic black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus). Nearly all Asiatic black bears have cream-colored chest blazes in a crescent shape, giving the species its other common name: moon bear.) |
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