Common/Scientific Bear Names
Here is a rundown on common and scientific bear names:
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Alaskan bear | Ursus arctos dalli |
| American black bear | Ursus americanus |
| American grizzly bear | Ursus arctos horribilis |
| Andean bear | Tremarctos ornatus |
| Asian black bear | Ursus thibetanus |
| Asiatic black bear | Selenarctos thibetanus |
| Bajan bear (extinct) | Ursus arctos californicus |
| Barren ground grizzly bear | Ursus arctos richardsoni |
| Brazilian bear (extinct) | Arctodus brasiliensis |
| British Columbia bear | Ursus americanus altifrontalis |
| Brown bear | Ursus arctos |
| Buenos Aires bear (extinct) | Arctodus bonariensis |
| Cave bear (extinct) | Ursus spelaeus |
| Cinnamon bear | Ursus americanus cinnamomum |
| Dawn bear (extinct) | Ursavus elmensis |
| Deninger's bear (extinct) | Ursus deningeri |
| Etruscan bear (extinct) | Ursus etruscus |
| Eurasian brown bear | Ursus arctos arctos |
| Floridan bear | Ursus americanus floridanus |
| Floridan cave bear (extinct) | Tremarctos floridanus |
| Giant panda | Ailuropoda melanoleuca |
| Giant polar bear (extinct) | Ursus maritimus tyrannicus |
| Giant short-faced bear | Arctodus simus |
| Glacier bear | Ursus americanus emmansii |
| Himalayan black bear | Selenarctos thibetanus |
| Hokkaido bear | ursus arctos yesoensis |
| Honey bear | Helarctos malayanus |
| Horse bear | Ursus arctos pruinosus |
| Kermode bear | Ursus americanus kermodei |
| Kodiak bear | Ursus arctos middendorfi |
| Lesser short-faced bear (extinct) | Arctodus pristinus |
| Malay bear | Helarctos malayanus |
| Malayan sun bear | Ursus malayanus |
| Manchurian bear | Ursus arctos manchuricus |
| Mexican grizzly bear | Ursus arctos nelsoni |
| Minnesota black bear | Ursus americanus amricanus |
| Newfoundland bear | Ursus americanus hamiltoni |
| Pakistan black bear | Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus |
| Pampas bear (extinct) | Arctodus pamparus |
| Polar bear |
Ursus maritimus Thalarctos maritimus |
| Primitive panda (extinct) | Ailuropoda microta |
| Primitive pliocene bear (extinct) | Ursus minimus |
| Queen Charlotte bear | Ursus americanus carlottae |
| Red bear | Ursus arctos isabellinus |
| Savin's bear (extinct) | Ursus savini |
| Short-faced bear | Arctodus simus |
| Siberian bear | Ursus arctos beringianus |
| Sloth bear | Melursus ursinus Ursus ursinus |
| Spectacled bear | Tremarctos ornatus |
| Sun bear | Helarctos malayanus |
| Texan bear (extinct) | Ursus americanus luteolus |
| Tibetan black bear | Selenarctos thibetanus |
| Ucumari | Tremarctos ornatus |
| White-breasted bear | Selenarctos thibetanus |
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