genus selenarctos

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   Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus

   SynonymsSelenarctos

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofUrsidae

Questions about genus selenarctos

What does genus selenarctos mean?

genus selenarctos means "Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus".

What is another word for genus selenarctos?

Close synonyms include Selenarctos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus selenarctos a common word?

genus selenarctos is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.