The Ussuri black bear (Ursus thibetanus ussuricus), also known as the Manchurian black bear, is a large subspecies of the Asian black bear native to the Far East, including the Korean Peninsula.
| Ussuri black bear | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | U. t. ussuricus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ursus thibetanus ussuricus Heude, 1901 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricus | |
Etymology
The subspecies is named after the Ussuri River.
Ecology
Sympatric predators include the Ussuri brown bear and Siberian tiger.