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Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)
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The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) is a relatively small subspecies of brown bear ((Ursus arctos) native to the Middle East. Within the former Soviet Union, it occurs in Turkmenistan. Outside the ex-USSR,It occurs in Iran, Iraq and Turkey. It is extinct in Israel, and, more recently, in Syria. The Syrian brown bear may still exist in Lebanon.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: Ursus arctos
Subspecies: Ursus arctos syriacus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828
Synonyms:
Ursus arctos caucasicus Smirnov, 1919
Ursus arctos dinniki Smirnov, 1919
Ursus arctos lasistanicus Satunin, 1913
Ursus arctos meridionalis Middendorff, 1851
Ursus arctos persicus Lönnberg, 1925
Ursus arctos schmitzi Matschie, 1917
Ursus arctos smirnovi Lönnberg, 1925 |
