Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Ursidae
Genus: Tremarctos
Species: †T. floridanus - T. ornatus
Name
Tremarctos Gervais, 1855
Type species: Ursus ornatus F.G. Cuvier, 1825
Synonyms
* Nearctos Gray, 1873
Vernacular names
Internationalization
Deutsch: Brillenbär
English: Spectacled Bear, Andean bear
Español: Oso de anteojos, oso andino, ucumari
Français: Ours à lunettes
Italiano: Orso andino
Nederlands: Brilbeer
Norsk (bokmål): Brillebjørn
Português: Urso de óculos
Svenska: Glasögonbjörn
References
* Tremarctos on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Hist. Nat. Mammifères 2: 20.
Tremarctos is a genus of the bear subfamily Tremarctinae, endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear, was extinct 11,000 years ago.[1] The sole living Tremarctos species is the South American spectacled bear.
Species
† Tremarctos floridanus - Florida short-faced bear
Tremarctos ornatus - spectacled bear
References
B. Kurten & E. Anderson (1980): Pleistocene mammals of North America, pp 1-442. Columbia University Press
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