Tremarctos ornatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Andean Bear

Bear sitting in tree. Also as Spectacled Bear.

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Location:USA, SC, Richland Co., Columbia, Riverbanks Zoo and GardenDate taken:Jan 1, 1987

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 928

Taxonomy

Subclass	: Theria
Infraclass	: Placentalia
Magnorder	: Boreoeutheria
Superorder	: Laurasiatheria
Order	: Carnivora
Suborder	: Caniformia
Infraorder	: Arctoidea
Parvorder	: Ursida
Family	: Ursidae
Subfamily	: Tremarctinae
Genus	: Tremarctos

Species status

Living

Found in the wild

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1827. Ours. Ursus. Pp. 522–534 in Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.-B. (eds.). Dictionnaire classique d'Histoire naturelle. Tome douzième. NUA-PAM. Rey et Gravier, Paris, 634 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25071301

Original name as described

Ursus ornatus

Other common names

Spectacled Bear · Ucumari

Type material

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

type specimen purportedly from northern Chile, but the species does not occur there.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Argentina?

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005931

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 14 names and synonyms.

Ornatus

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1825)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notpublishedwithageneric_name

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

pl. 218 p. 2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44522891

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Ursus ornatus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

531

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25071301

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1827:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Wagner (1841:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38215)
Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Smith (1842:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Lesson (1842:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Tschudi (1844:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
Tschudi (1845:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
Gervais & Serres (1847:801, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2814617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68916)
Schmarda (1853:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
Giebel (1855:745, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Sclater (1872:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Cope (1899:221, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36863379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57701)
Ward (1910:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Ursus fructilegus

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

fructilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089023

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Tschudi (1844:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)

Ursus fructilegus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

fructilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Ursus frugilegus

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

frugilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007874

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

Tschudi (1845:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
Schmarda (1853:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Helarctos ornatus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

698

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501041

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:698, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36801)
Gray (1869:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Ursus nasutus

(P. L. Sclater, 1868)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.10.19.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8f2a9c1-280e-4751-8f54-e1f5978073aa

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664564

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Sclater (1868:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69185)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Helarctos? frugilegus

(J. E. Gray, 1869)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

frugilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

397

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397316

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1869:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Helarctos? nasutus

(J. E. Gray, 1869)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

nasutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397315

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1869:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Tremarctos ornatus Majori

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Ursidae

Root name

majori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.8.31.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/696110d0-ed46-4d5f-9bec-9c1ee16557b4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/adadb533-6231-4ed2-aa41-fada1366b31f

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331499

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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Tremarctos ornatus

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423011

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Osgood (1914:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
Pocock (1917:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19618)
Pocock (1929:899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69490)
Sanborn (1953:4, 7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41452)
Sanborn (1953:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41452)
Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Anderson (1997:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Voss (2003:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60861453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2297)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22066/123792952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tremarctos ornatus frugilegus

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Ursidae

Root name

frugilegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423011

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Ursus ornatus thomasi

(Hornaday, 1911)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

764

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Tremarctos lasallei

Maria, 1924

Family

Ursidae

Root name

lasallei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Boletín de la Sociedad Colombiana de las Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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