Ussuri black bear
| Ussuri black bear | |
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CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Ursinae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | U. t. ussuricus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ursus thibetanus ussuricus Heude, 1901
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| Synonyms | |
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Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricus | |
The Ussuri black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus), also known as the Manchurian black bear, is a large subspecies of the Asian black bear native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China and the Korean Peninsula. The subspecies is named after the Ussuri River. It is the largest subspecies of the Asiatic black bear.