Tibetan blue bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus)
Date 1897
Author Joseph Smit (1836–1929)  
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tibetan_Blue_Bear_-_Ursus_arctos_pruinosus_-_Joseph_Smit_crop.jpg
The Tibetan bear or Tibetan blue bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) is a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) found in the eastern Tibetan Plateau. It is also known as the Himalayan blue bear, Himalayan snow bear, Tibetan brown bear, or the horse bear. In Tibetan, it is known as Dom gyamuk.
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: Ursus arctos
Subspecies: Ursus arctos pruinosus Blyth, 1854
