Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary

Table 1 Taxonomic designations for the bears.

Common name	Eisenberg [72]	Ewer [73]; Corbet & Hill [74]	Zhang & Ryder [75]	Thenius [76]; Wozencraft [77]	Hall [28]; Nowak [29]; Yu [4], this study
giant panda	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	A. melanoleuca	A. melanoleuca	A. melanoleuca	A. melanoleuca
spectacled bear	Tremarctos ornatus	T. ornatus	T. ornatus	T. ornatus	T. ornatus
Asian black bear	Selenarctos thibethanus	S. thibethanus	S. thibethanus	Ursus thibethanus	U. thibethanus
sloth bear	Melursus ursinus	M. ursinus	M. ursinus	M. ursinus	Ursus ursinus
sun bear	Helarctos malayanus	H. malayanus	H. malayanus	H. malayanus	Ursus malayanus
polar bear	Thalarctos maritimus	T. maritimus	Ursus maritimus	U. maritimus	U. maritimus
American black bear	Ursus americanus	Euarctos americanus	E. americanus	U. americanus	U.americanus
brown bear	Ursus arctos	U. arctos	U. arctos	U. arctos	U. arctos

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