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Ursaring is a bipedal, ursine Pokémon. Its broad body is covered in brown fur, except its muzzle, inner ears, and paw pads, which are a light tan. It has narrow eyes, a triangular, black nose, and wide mouth with small, visible fangs in the upper jaw. The fur on Ursaring's shoulders is longer and more structured, with rectangular extensions that resemble epaulettes. A female Ursaring has longer fur on its shoulders than a male. There is a large, tan, ring-shaped mark on its chest. Ursaring's forelimbs are long, ending in five claws each, while its hind legs are short and thick, ending in three claws each. Its tail is large and spherical in shape.
Ursaring lives in mountainous forests, sleeping in treetops and gathering food throughout the day. While it is skilled at climbing trees, it gathers food by snapping them and collecting whatever berries or fruits fall down. It will mark trees bearing delicious fruit in its territory with its claws. Ursaring's sense of smell can distinguish any aroma, and as such it can find food buried deep underground or in streams. As demonstrated in the anime, Ursaring is highly protective of its young, and has been shown to become more aggressive during mating season.
Multiple Ursaring debuted in Forest Grumps, where they aggressively pursued Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket through their territory due to it being their mating season at the time.
An Ursaring appeared at the end of UnBEARable, where it evolved from a Teddiursa that had been using its adorable looks to trick Trainers into giving it food. Though it lost its cute looks, it realized that people were now afraid of it, so it continued to steal Trainers' food.
An Ursaring appeared in The Forest Champion!. Along with a wild Conkeldurr tricked a Machamp into fighting a Hawlucha only to gang up on Hawlucha in an attempt to become forest champion.
A parent Ursaring appeared in a flashback in Lights, Camerupt, Action!, where it was an actor in a film starring Red that Ash and Gary watched when they were younger.
Ursaring, the Hibernator Pokémon. Ursaring searches for honey in a forest daily. To reach its food, it often snaps trees with its forelegs rather than climbing.
Silvercatches an Ursaring in Ursaring Major with Gold's aid. He first appeared in Teddiursa's Picnic. He added him to his main team and continued to rely on him for combat for many volumes on end, until he eventually entrusted his father Giovanni to him in order to nurse him back to health, safe from harm.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Ursaring reappears alongside Teddiursa as part of Serene Village. During the game, Ursaring often states his apprehensions towards Teddiursa's desire to evolve.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
In the forests inhabited by Ursaring, it is said that there are many streams and towering trees where they gather food. This Pokémon walks through its forest gathering food every day.
In forests, it is said that there are many streams and towering trees where an Ursaring gathers food. It walks through its forest collecting food every day.
In the forests inhabited by Ursaring, it is said that there are many streams and towering trees where they gather food. This Pokémon walks through its forest gathering food every day.
Ursaring and Donphan, along with their pre-evolutions, are the only Pokémon to swap version-exclusive status between localizations. While Teddiursa and Ursaring are found only in the Japanese and Korean Silver, they are not found in Silver in other languages, being found in the Gold Version of those languages instead, with Phanpy and Donphan getting the opposite treatment. This is corrected in the remakes HeartGold and SoulSilver, where they follow the Japanese and Korean Gold and Silver.
Ursaring's number of claws has changed over time and between canons. In its original artwork, Ursaring has four visible claws; however, in its HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork, it has five claws. In the Generation II games, it has three claws. From Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire up to and including Pokémon Platinum, it has four claws. From HeartGold and SoulSilver onwards, Ursaring has had five claws in its game sprites. In the anime, it has always had five claws.
Origin
Ursaring is based on a bear and may be seen as incorporating traits of the Asian black bear, grizzly bear, sun bear, and Ussuri brown bear. Much as Teddiursa has a crescent moon on its head, Ursaring's ring may either signify the full moon or new moon. It may also incorporate the constellation Ursa Major's mythology.
Name origin
Ursaring's name is a combination of ursa (Latin for bear) and ring (referring to the circle on its stomach).
Ringuma is a combination of ring or rin (an alternate reading for 林 [woods]) and 熊 kuma (bear).
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