Tremarctos ornatus (F. G. Cuvier 1825)

[Ursus] ornatus F. G. Cuvier 1825, in: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, pt. 3, Vol. 5, 50: "Ours des cordilieres du Chili, " 2 pp.

Type Locality: "cordiliéres du Chili," restricted by Cabrera (1957) to "los montañas al este de Trujillo, departamento de la Libertad, Perú." .

Vernacular Names: Spectacled Bear.

Synonyms: Tremarctos frugilegus (Tschudi 1844); Tremarctos lasallei Maria 1924; Tremarctos majori Thomas 1902; Tremarctos nasutus (Sclater 1868); Tremarctos thomasi (Hornaday 1911) .

Distribution: Mountainous regions of W Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama (?), Peru, W Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Some authors have considered this genus as the only extent member of the subfamily Tremarctinae (Thenius, 1976) .