Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Mammalia [classis]
Carnivora [ordo]
Ursidae [familia]
Ursus [genus]
Ursus arctos [species]
Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 contains the following taxa:
Ursus arctos syriacus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828 [subspecies]