Species and Subspecies of Ursus
- American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
- Cinnamon bear, Ursus americanus cinnamomum
- Kermode bear, Ursus americanus kermodei
- Florida black bear, ursus americanus floridanus
- Brown Bear, Ursus arctos
- European brown bear, Ursus arctos arctos
- East Siberian brown bear, Ursus arctos collaris
- Kamchatka brown bear, Ursus arctos beringianus
- Atlas bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri (extinct)
- Gobi bear, Ursus arctos gobiensis
- Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
- Himalayan brown bear, Ursus arctos isabellinus
- Kodiak bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi
- Mexican grizzly bear, Ursus arctos nelsoni (extinct?)
- Tibetan blue bear, Ursus arctos pruinosus
- Syrian brown bear, Ursus arctos syriacus
- Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus
- Deninger's bear, Ursus deningeri (extinct)
- Etruscan bear, Ursus etruscus (extinct)
- Polar bear, Ursus maritimus (earlier Thalarctos maritimus)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus maritimus (classification contested)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus marinus (classification contested)
- (No common name), Ursus maritimus tyrannus (extinct)
- Auvergne bear, Ursus minimus (extinct)
- Cave bear, Ursus spelaeus (extinct)
- Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus
- Formosan black bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus
- Baluchistan bear or Pakistan black bear, Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus japonica
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus laniger
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus mupinensis
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus thibetanus
- (No common name), Ursus thibetanus ussuricus
A hybrid between grizzly bears and polar bears has also been recorded (known commonly as a pizzly, prizzly or grolar bear). The official name is a grizzly–polar bear hybrid.
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