Living Beings

    species · Scientific classification

    Ursus americanus

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    Source-identified Ursus americanus; documentary image Framed for display
    American Black Bear · lwolfartist · CC BY 2.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassMammalia
    6. OrderCarnivora
    7. FamilyUrsidae
    8. GenusUrsus
    9. SpeciesUrsus americanus
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Deuterostomia clade
    8. Chordata phylum
    9. Craniata subphylum
    10. Vertebrata clade
    11. Gnathostomata clade
    12. Teleostomi clade
    13. Euteleostomi clade
    14. Sarcopterygii superclass
    15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
    16. Tetrapoda clade
    17. Amniota clade
    18. Mammalia class
    19. Theria clade
    20. Eutheria clade
    21. Boreoeutheria clade
    22. Laurasiatheria superorder
    23. Carnivora order
    24. Caniformia suborder
    25. Ursidae family
    26. Ursus genus
    27. Ursus americanus species

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    No direct child records in this snapshot.

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Ursus americanus; documentary image Framed for display
    Species · Ursus

    American Black Bear

    Ursus americanus

    The American black bear is a forest-associated North American omnivore whose coat is not always black. Seasonal changes in food strongly shape …