<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spectacled bear Temporal range: 0.1--0 Ma PreЄ Є Pg ↓ Late Pleistocene--Recent </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> At the Houston Zoo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Conservation status </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Scientific classification </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingdom: </Td> <Td> Animalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phylum: </Td> <Td> Chordata </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Class: </Td> <Td> Mammalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Order: </Td> <Td> Carnivora </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Family: </Td> <Td> Ursidae </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Genus: </Td> <Td> Tremarctos Gervais, 1855 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Species: </Td> <Td> T. ornatus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Binomial name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Tremarctos ornatus (Cuvier, 1825) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Spectacled bear range </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Synonyms </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Ursus ornatus Cuvier, 1825 </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spectacled bear Temporal range: 0.1--0 Ma PreЄ Є Pg ↓ Late Pleistocene--Recent </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> At the Houston Zoo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Conservation status </Th> </Tr>

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