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

It evolves from Teddiursa 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 a 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.

In the anime

Major appearances

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

Other

In Forest Grumps, multiple Ursaring pursued Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket through their territory due to it being their mating season at the time.

In 'UnBEARable, a manipulative Teddiursa evolved into an Ursaring at the end of the episode. Though it lost its cute looks, it realized that people were now afraid of it, so it continued to steal Trainers' food.

In Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, multiple Ursaring were living in Celebi's forest.

In Going for a Spinda, an Ursaring rescued its baby Teddiursa from Team Rocket, as they had it disguised as a Spinda in order to lure in a real Spinda.

In The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, the Mirage Master created a Mirage Ursaring. It attacked Ash and Misty before bringing Pikachu back to its master. It was later destroyed when the Mirage Master summoned a Mirage Mewtwo.

In Danger, Sweet as Honey!, a wild Ursaring living on Honey Island attacked Ash and his friends with Hyper Beam.

In Butterfree and Me!, an Ursaring living on Wayfarer Island attacked Ash and a Caterpie that he befriended after they trespassed onto its territory. It was eventually scared off by Pikachu's Thunderbolt.

In The Forest Champion!, an Ursaring and a Conkeldurr tricked a Machamp into fighting a Hawlucha in an attempt to become forest champion.

Minor appearances

In A Better Pill to Swallow, six Ursaring were attracted by the Shuckle-made Berry Juice that Team Rocket drank.

A Trainer's Ursaring appeared in Imitation Confrontation.

In Ring Masters, two Ursaring competed in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference.

An Ursaring appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.

In As Cold as Pryce, Pryce remembered a Trainer's Ursaring as one of the Pokémon that fought his Piloswine.

In Outrageous Fortunes, an Ursaring was defeated by Delaney's Poliwrath while it was under the control of Team Rocket.

In Entei at Your Own Risk, an Ursaring angrily drove Ash and his friends away after encountering them.

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

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

An Ursaring appeared in Going, Going, Yawn.

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

In Lights, Camerupt, Action!, a parent Ursaring was an actor in a film starring Red that Ash and Gary watched when they were younger.

In Off the Unbeaten Path, a Trainer's Ursaring participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.

An Ursaring appeared in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!.

In a flashback in Nosing 'Round the Mountain!, a Trainer's Ursaring was defeated by Alan's Nosepass.

An Ursaring appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

In One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!, a student used an Ursaring provided by the Pokémon Summer Academy for the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.

An Ursaring appeared in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!.

Multiple Ursaring chased off Team Rocket in An Egg Scramble!.

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!.

In Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, an Ursaring was living in Allearth Forest.

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

An Ursaring appeared as an image in A Performance Pop Quiz!.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP155 Ursaring Ash's Pokédex Ursaring, the Hibernate Pokémon. The Ursaring has such a keen sense of smell that it can even find food that has been buried.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP006 Ursaring Dawn's Pokédex Ursaring, the Hibernator Pokémon. An excellent tree climber, it snaps trees with its front legs, and eats the fallen fruit.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry BW124 Ursaring Ash's Pokédex 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.

In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

An Ursaring appeared in Searching For The Color Of Miracles.

In the movie adaptations

An Ursaring appeared in Celebi: a Timeless Encounter.

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

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

An Ursaring appeared in PDP23.

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS manga

An Ursaring appeared in PMHGSS01.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Silver catches 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.

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 Roughneck.

Thorton rented an Ursaring for use in his battle against Platinum in Outlasting Ledian.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

An Ursaring appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.

A Trainer's Ursaring appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shu caught an Ursaring in GDZ49.

In the TCG

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II. Generation II Johto

#194 Gold Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap trees with its forelegs and eat fallen Berries. Silver With its ability to distinguish any aroma, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground. Crystal Although it has a large body, it is quite skilled at climbing trees. It eats and sleeps in the treetops. Stadium 2 Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap trees with its forelegs and eat fallen Berries. Generation III Hoenn

#— Kanto

#— Ruby 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. Sapphire Emerald 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. FireRed With its ability to distinguish any smell, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground. LeafGreen Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap stout trees with its forelegs and eat fallen Berries. Generation IV Sinnoh

#— Johto

#199 Diamond In its territory, it leaves scratches on trees that bear delicious berries or fruits. Pearl Platinum HeartGold Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap trees with its forelegs and eat fallen Berries. SoulSilver With its ability to distinguish any aroma, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground. Generation V Unova

#— Black In its territory, it leaves scratches on trees that bear delicious berries or fruits. White Black 2 In its territory, it leaves scratches on trees that bear delicious berries or fruits. White 2 Generation VI Kalos

Mountain #133 Hoenn

#— X With its ability to distinguish any aroma, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground. Y Although it has a large body, it is quite skilled at climbing trees. It eats and sleeps in the treetops. Omega Ruby 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. Alpha Sapphire Generation VII Alola

#— Kanto

#— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII. Generation VIII Galar

#— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VIII.

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII This Pokémon is unavailable within Generation VIII.

Click on the generation numbers above to see Ursaring's learnsets from other generations.





Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Ursaring and Donphan, along with their pre-evolved forms, 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 the Asian black bear, the Japanese name of which (ツキノワグマ tsukunoguma) literally means "ring-of-the-moon bear".[1]

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 and 熊 kuma (bear).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese リングマ Ringuma From ring, 林 rin , and 熊 kuma French Ursaring Same as English name Spanish Ursaring Same as English name German Ursaring Same as English name Italian Ursaring Same as English name Korean 링곰 Ringgom From ring and 곰 gom Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese 圈圈熊 Quānquanxióng Literally "Ring bear" More languages Hindi आरसारिंग Ursaring Transcription of English name Russian Урсаринг Ursaring Transcription of English name Thai ริงกุมะ Ringuma Transcription of Japanese name





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