Ursus thibetanus kokeni Matthew & Granger, 1923
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene?
Distribution
China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: AMNH 18384
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Matthew, W. D. and Granger, W. T. (1923). New fossil mammals from the Pliocene of Sze-chuan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 48(17): 564-598.
Other references:
Bacon, Anne-Marie et al. (2011). The Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Tam Hang karstic deposit, northern Laos: New data and evolutionary hypothesis. Quaternary International 245(2): 315-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.024
Hu, Haiqian et al. (In Press, 2022). New study sheds light on the impressive intraspecific variation of Quaternary Asiatic black bears in China. Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.10.007
LIU Jinyi, ZHENG Longting, XU Qinqi, SUN Chengkai, LU Jinyan, XIE Xiaocheng. (2006). Study on carnivora fossil remains from the Jinpendong Cave, Wuhu, Anhui. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 25(3): 227-241.