Ursaring (Pokémon)


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Ursaring (Japanese: リングマ Ringuma) is a  introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from starting at level 30.

Biology
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 s. 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, 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.

Paul's Ursaring
Paul owns an Ursaring, which he in Different Strokes for Different Blokes.

Other
Multiple Ursaring debuted in Forest Grumps, where they aggressively pursued, , and 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 s 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 and Teddiursa made a cameo in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, as two of the Pokémon living in 's forest. Also, multiple Ursaring lived in the same forest.

In Going for a Spinda, an Ursaring parent rescued its baby from, who had it disguised as a  in order to lure a real Spinda to rescue it.

A Ursaring appeared in Danger, Sweet as Honey! as a resident of Honey Island. It attacked Ash and his friends with.

An Ursaring appeared in Butterfree and Me! as a resident of Wayfarer Island. It attacked Ash and a that he befriended after they trespassed onto its territory, but it was eventually scared off by 's.

An Ursaring appeared in The Forest Champion!. Along with a wild tricked a  into fighting a  only to gang up on Hawlucha in an attempt to become forest champion.

Minor appearances
Six Ursaring appeared in A Better Pill to Swallow, where they were attracted by the -made Berry Juice that drank.

A 's Ursaring briefly appeared in Imitation Confrontation.

Two Ursaring appeared in Ring Masters as some of the Pokémon competing in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference.

An Ursaring was seen in the wild in The Legend of Thunder! along with a Teddiursa.

A Trainer's Ursaring appeared in a flashback in As Cold as Pryce. Pryce remembered it as one of the Pokémon that fought against his.

An Ursaring appeared in Outrageous Fortunes, where Delaney's defeated one while it was under the control of.

An Ursaring appeared in Entei at Your Own Risk, where it angrily drove and  away after encountering them.

An Ursaring appeared in a flashback in Pop Goes The Sneasel.

A Trainer's Ursaring appeared in A Claim to Flame!, where it lost in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference.

An Ursaring appeared in Going, Going, Yawn.

An Ursaring appeared in a flashback in Delcatty Got Your Tongue.

A parent Ursaring appeared in a flashback in Lights, Camerupt, Action!, where it was an actor in a film starring that Ash and Gary watched when they were younger.

A Trainer's Ursaring appeared in Off the Unbeaten Path, where it was seen participating in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.

An Ursaring appeared in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!.

A Trainer's Ursaring appeared briefly in a flashback in Nosing 'Round the Mountain!, where it was defeated by Alan's.

An Ursaring appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

An Ursaring was used by one of the students of Pokémon Summer Academy in the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.

An Ursaring appeared in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!.

A group of Ursaring appeared in An Egg Scramble!, where they chased off Team Rocket.

An Ursaring appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

An Ursaring appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.

An Ursaring appeared in a fantasy or a flashback in The Journalist from Another Region!.

An Ursaring appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.

An Ursaring appeared in A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
An Ursaring appeared in Searching For The Color Of Miracles.

In the movie adaptations
Ursaring appeared in .

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
an in Ursaring Major with '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 s on end, until he eventually entrusted his father to him in order to nurse him back to health, safe from harm.

An Ursaring appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

An Ursaring appeared in Clobbering Claydol, under the ownership of a.

an Ursaring for use in his against  in Outlasting Ledian.

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
An Ursaring appeared in PDP23.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shu has an Ursaring in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
An Ursaring appeared in PMHGSS01.

NPC appearances

 * : Ursaring is a resident of Treasure Town. He also meets the player and partner at the end of Mystifying Forest where his brother Teddiursa becomes the first Pokémon to evolve at the Luminous Spring since its restoration.
 * : Ursaring reappears alongside Teddiursa as part of Serene Village. During the game, Ursaring often states his apprehensions towards Teddiursa's desire to evolve.

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Trivia

 * Ursaring and, 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 , 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 up to and including, 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, , and. 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 '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).

Related articles

 * Paul's Ursaring
 * Silver's Ursaring