Louisiana black bear

Louisiana black bear

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]

Delisted (ESA)[2][3][4]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species:
U. americanus
Subspecies:
U. a. luteolus
Trinomial name
Ursus americanus luteolus
Griffith, 1821

The Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus), one of 16 subspecies of the American black bear, is found in parts of Louisiana, mainly along the Mississippi River Valley and the Atchafalaya River Basin. It was classified as 'threatened' under the U.S. Endangered Species Act from 1992–2016. The validity of this subspecies has been repeatedly debated.[5]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ 57 FR 588
  4. ^ USFWS (11 March 2016). "Removal of the Louisiana Black Bear From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Removal of Similarity-of-Appearance Protections for the American Black Bear". Federal Register. 81 (48): 13124–13171. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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