Ursidae
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Summary
Ursidae is a taxon[1]. Ursidae ranks in the top 0.049% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,553 views/month, #95 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Parent taxon: Ursoidea[4], Caniformia[5]
- Taxon name: Ursidae[6]
- Subclass of: Carnivora[7], large game[8]
- Has use: bear[9]
- Commons category: Ursidae[10]
- Unicode character: 🐻[11]
- Start time: -38000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bears[13]
- Commons gallery: Ursidae[14]
- Depicted by: The School of Bears[15]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[16], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], New International Encyclopedia[25], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[26], Pauly–Wissowa[27]
- Topic has template: Template:Ursidae nav[28]
- Has characteristic: hibernation[29]
- This taxon is source of: bearskin[30], bearskin rug[31]
- Taxon common name: Beer[32], Sisire[33], Onso[34], دب[35], Мечкови[36], Ós[37], medvědovití[38], Bjørn[39], Bären[40], Αρκούδα[41], Bears[42], Urso[43], Oso[44], Karulased[45]
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Identifiers
Ursidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9632[46]. Ursidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7664[47]. Ursidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9681[48]. Ursidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180540[49].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Ursidae include Ursa Major[50], a constellation[51]; Beowulf[52], a human whose existence is disputed[53]; and Kumamon[54], an advertising character[55], founded in 2010[56].
Why It Matters
Ursidae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Ursidae is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Ursidae include Ursa Major[50], a constellation[51]; Beowulf[52], a human whose existence is disputed[53]; and Kumamon[54], an advertising character[55], founded in 2010[56].