Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
- Dataset
- Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Ursidae
- genus
- Ursus
- species
- Ursus arctos
discussion
Remarks: The Subspecies U. a. lasiotus Gray, 1867, Ussuri brown bear (or Amur brown bear, black grizzly or horse bear) in northeastern Asia traditionally included the Korean Peninsula. Conservation status: North Korea designated two brown bear habitats (Ryongrim, Jagang Province and Gwanmobong, Hamgyeongbuk Province) as Natural Monuments in 1980. The Red Data Book of North Korea lists this species as ‘ Vulnerable’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002). Populations in China and Mongolia are protected by CITES Appendix I and Russian populations are protected by Appendix II.
distribution
Range: The distribution of U. arctos covers most northern alpine habitats and extends to the southern boundary at Mt. Geumgang (Kim et al. 2015; Fig. 40). Although this bear species was recorded around Mt. Baekdu until the 1980 s, the current presence in the Mt. Geumgang and Mt. Baekdu areas in North Korea remains uncertain.