Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15748626 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15755473 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F6022-1E4E-4847-2D73-FED8FA62DDD3 |
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Felipe |
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Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 |
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Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 View in CoL
American Black Bear
Historically, U. americanus likely occurred throughout the state. However, specimen records are uncommon. Caire et al. (1989) reported only four specimens from three counties. New county records are reported for the counties of Cherokee , Pontotoc , Sequoyah, and Woodward .
Specimen records (4).— Cherokee County (1): 4.8 km S, 10.5 km E Cookson, Cookson Wildlife Management Area , 1 ( OMNH 65616 View Materials ) . Pontotoc County (1): Byng , 1 ( OMNH 65722 View Materials ) . Sequoyah County (1): 1.4 km SE jct Hwy 59 and Stoney Point Cemetery Rd, 35.57873, -97.6761, 1 ( OMNH 66577 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Woodward County (1): no specific locality, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 3240 ) .
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