Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:47 . TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden . DISTRIBUTION: Formerly, N. W. Africa, all of Palearctic from W. Europe, Near and Middle East through N. Himalayas to W. and N. China and Chukotka ( U.S. S.R.); Hokkaido ( Japan ). Western North America, north from N. Mexico . COMMENT: Hall, 1981:951- 958 , listed 87 taxa (including 76 other species names) in the " Ursus arctos -group", which are here included in arctos ; see Corbet and Hill, 1980:94 ; see also Couturier, 1954 , L'Ours brun, Ursus arctos L., Grenoble. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II (all North American subspecies). CITES - Appendix I (Italian populations only). CITES - Appendix I as U. a. isabellinus subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. nelsoni subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. pruinosus subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as U. a. arctos (Italian populations only). U.S. ESA - Threatened as U. a. horribilis subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002006001001.