What is Ursus (genus)?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Ursus'' | image = TE-Collage Ursus-v2.png | image_width = 220px | image_caption = From top to bottom: [[Brown bear]], [[American Black Bear]], [[Polar bear]], [[Asian Black Bear]]. | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | familia = [[Ursidae]] | genus = '''''Ursus''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = :''[[Brown Bear|Ursus arctos]]'' :''[[American Black Bear|Ursus americanus]]'' :''[[Polar Bear|Ursus maritimus]]'' :''[[Asiatic Black Bear|Ursus thibetanus]]'' :''[[Cave Bear|Ursus spelaeus]] (extinct)'' }} '''''Ursus''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] Ursidae ([[bear]]s) that includes the widely distributed [[brown bear]]s, the [[polar bear]], and [[black bear]]s. The name comes from the [[Latin]] ''ursus'', meaning bear. {{Wikispecies|ursus}} {{Commons category|Ursus (genus)|lcfirst=yes}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Bears]]