Subfamily Ursinae Swainson 1835 (bear)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 65407
Parent taxon: Ursidae according to R. M. Hunt 1998
Sister taxa: Agriotheriinae, Ailuropodinae, Amphicynodontinae, Harpaleocyon, Hemicyon, Hemicyoninae, Metarctos, Myadina, Phoberocyoninae, Proarctotherium, Subparictidae, Taxina, Thaumastocyon, Tremarctinae, Ursulus, Zaragocyon
Subtaxa: Melursus, Tremarctini, Ursavini, Ursini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore