U.thibentanus thibetanus (Cuvier, 1823) |
//U.thibetanus formosanus// (Swinhoe, 1864) |
U.thibetanus gedrosianus (Blandford, 1877) |
U.thibetanus japonicas (Schlegel, 1857) |
U.thibetanus laniger (Pocock, 1932) |
U.thibetanus ussuricus (Heude, 1901) |
U.thibetanus mupinensis (Heude, 1901) |
|
Length |
120-180cm |
120-190cm |
140-190cm |
110-140cm |
140-165cm |
150-200cm |
Unknown |
Mass |
Males are typically 110-150kg. Females are typically 65-90kg |
Weigh from 50-200kg |
Weigh from 90kg-180kg |
Males weigh 60-120kg. Females weigh 40-100kg |
Typically weighs from 90-120kg |
Can weigh up to 200kg and females are significantly smaller. Largest of the subspecies |
Unknown |
Colour of fur |
Black with brown muzzle and it is short and thin with no undwerwool |
Rough, glossy black hair and also possesses the V shape on its chest |
Short coarse hair that often appears more brown and reddish-brown than black |
Black fur and lacks the thick neck fur of other subspecies. It has a darker coloured snout |
Possesses longer, thicker fur and a smaller, whiter chest |
Black short fur with a prominent crescent shaped marking similar to all U.thibetanus subspecies |
Light coloured and similar to U.thibetanus laniger |
Distributi-on |
Nepal, Burma, Thailand |
Endemic to Taiwan and found in mountainous forests at elevations of 3,300 to 10,000 feet |
Found in higher ranges of Southwest Pakistan and Southeast Iran |
Honshu and Shikoku, Japan |
Kashmir, Himalayas and Sikkhim |
Southern Siberia, Northeastern China and Korean peninsula |
Himalaya and Indochina |
Kingdom |
Animalia |
Phylum |
Chordata |
Class |
Mammalia |
Order |
Carnivora |
Family |
Ursidae |
Genus |
Ursus |
Species |
Ursus thibetanus |
Sub-species |
Ursus thibetanus formosanus (Swinhoe, 1864) Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus (Blandford, 1877) //Ursus thibetanus japonicus// (Schlegel, 1857) //Ursus thibetanus laniger// (Pocock, 1932) //Ursus thibetanus mupinensis// (Heude, 1901) //Ursus thibetanus thibetanus// (G. [Baron] Cuvier, 1823) //Ursus thibetanus ussuricus// (Heude, 1901) |