Genus URSUS | |
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Animalia / Chordata Mammalia / Theria / Eutheria n.a. / n.a. / Carnivora n.a. / n.a. Arctoidea / Ursidae n.a. / Ursus |
| Age: Distribution: |
Pleistocene - Recent North America, Europe, Asia |
Depicted on:Afghanistan, 1998 (800 A.)Bulgaria, 1971 (2 c.) Cuba, 2002 (65 c.) Guinea, 1987 (300 Fr., set in sheet, 'Ours des Cavernes' M.S. and margin) Guinea, 2009 ('Ours des Cavernes' M.S. and M.S. margin, 300 Fr., overprinted 15000 FG.) Macedonia, 1998 (4 D., skull) Moldovia, 2010 (1 L.) Monaco, 2000 (5,20 Fr., skull at bottom left) Romania, 1966 (5 b., skeleton and reconstruction) Romania, 2007 (7,20 L., skull and reconstruction, also a cover.) Tonga, 1996 (1 $.) United Kingdom, 2006 (£1.12) Cancel, Erpfingen, German Federal Republic, 1951. Meter franking, Nordrhein-Westfalen Geological Survey, Krefeld, German Federal Republic, 2004. Note: All items mentioned here show Ursus spelaeus, the cave bear from the Pleistocene of Europe. | |