Ussuri black bear

{{Short description|Subspecies of carnivore}}

{{Subspeciesbox

| name = Ussuri black bear

| image = Ursus thibetanus ussuricus Kaliningrad Zoo.JPG

| genus = Ursus

| species = thibetanus

| species_link = Asian black bear

| subspecies = ussuricus

| status = CITES_A1

| status_system = CITES

| status_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2433425|title=Asian Black Bear|website=gbif.org}}

| authority = Heude, 1901

| synonyms = Selenarctos thibetanus ussuricus

}}

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 Russian Far East, Northeast China and the Korean Peninsula.{{Cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=Jiaqi |last2=Kohno |first2=Naoki |last3=Mano |first3=Shuhei |last4=Fukumoto |first4=Yukio |last5=Tanabe |first5=Hideyuki |last6=Hasegawa |first6=Masami |last7=Yonezawa |first7=Takahiro |date=2015-09-25 |title=Phylogeographic and Demographic Analysis of the Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Based on Mitochondrial DNA |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages=e0136398 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0136398 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=4583410 |pmid=26406587|bibcode=2015PLoSO..1036398W |doi-access=free }}Heptner, V. G. & Naumov, N. P. (1998). [https://archive.org/stream/mammalsofsov211998gept#page/713/mode/2up White-chested, black bear]. Pages 713–733 in: Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol. II Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears). Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation.{{cite journal |url=http://www.bearbiology.com/fileadmin/tpl/Downloads/URSUS/Vol_14_2/Seryodkin_14_2.pdf |title=Denning ecology of brown bears and Asiatic black bears in the Russian Far East |journal=Ursus |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=153–161 |year=2003 |jstor=3873015 |author= Seryodkin, I.V.}}{{Cite journal |last1=Kadariya |first1=Rabin |last2=Shimozuru |first2=Michito |last3=Maldonado |first3=Jesús E. |last4=Moustafa |first4=Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed |last5=Sashika |first5=Mariko |last6=Tsubota |first6=Toshio |date=2018-12-05 |title=High genetic diversity and distinct ancient lineage of Asiatic black bears revealed by non-invasive surveys in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=13 |issue=12 |pages=e0207662 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0207662 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=6281213 |pmid=30517155 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1307662K }}