The literal translation of "black bear" in Latin is ursus ater.
The scientific name of the species of bear known as "American black bear" is Ursus americanus.
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The scientific name for 'grizzly bear' is Ursus arctos horribilis. In the word-by-word translation, the noun 'ursus' is Latin for 'bear'. The noun 'arctos' comes from the Greek 'arktos', for 'bear'. And the adjective 'horribilis' is Latin for 'horrible'.