Ursidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q11788
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Ursidae

Summary

Ursidae is a taxon[1]. Ursidae ranks in the top 0.049% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,114 views/month, #95 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ursidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ursidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Ursidae is classified within Ursoidea[5].
  • Ursidae belongs to the parent taxon Caniformia[6].
  • Ursidae's scientific name is Ursidae[7].
  • Ursidae is a type of Carnivora[8].
  • Ursidae is a type of large game[9].
  • Ursidae is used for bear[10].
  • Ursidae's Commons category is recorded as Ursidae[11].
  • Ursidae's Unicode character is recorded as 🐻[12].
  • Ursidae began on -38000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Ursidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bears[14].
  • Ursidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Ursidae[15].
  • Ursidae's depicted by is recorded as The School of Bears[16].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[17].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[18].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[19].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[23].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[26].
  • Ursidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ursidae is Ursidae[7]. Ursidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Ursoidea[5] and Caniformia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Beer'}[28], {'lang': 'ak', 'text': 'Sisire'}[29], {'lang': 'an', 'text': 'Onso'}[30], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'دب'}[31], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Мечкови'}[32], and {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Ós'}[33].

Identifiers

Ursidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9632[34]. Ursidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7664[35]. Ursidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9681[36]. Ursidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180540[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Ursidae include Ursa Major[38], a constellation[39]; Beowulf[40], a human whose existence is disputed[41]; and Kumamon[42], an advertising character[43], founded in 2010[44].

Why It Matters

Ursidae ranks in the top 0.049% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,114 views/month, #95 of 195,241).[2] Ursidae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Ursidae is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for Ursidae include Ursa Major[38], a constellation[39]; Beowulf[40], a human whose existence is disputed[41]; and Kumamon[42], an advertising character[43], founded in 2010[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use bear
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    Topic has template Template:Ursidae nav
    Temporal range start Q76274
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