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[1] [20] However, the California grizzly bear, Ungava brown bear, Atlas bear, and Mexican grizzly bear, as well as brown bear populations in the Pacific Northwest, were hunted to extinction in the 19th and early 20th centuries and many of the southern Asian subspecies are highly endangered. [67] The Syrian brown bear (U. a. syriacus) is very ...
The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus [3]), also known as the California golden bear, [4] is an extinct population of the brown bear, [5] generally known (together with other North American brown bear populations) as the grizzly bear. "Grizzly" could have meant "grizzled" – that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair ...
The brown bear has long been extinct in the British Isles (at least 1,500 years ago, possibly even 3,000 years ago), [17] [18] Denmark (about 6,500 years ago), [19] the Netherlands (about 1,000 years ago, although later singles rarely wandered from Germany), [20] Belgium and Luxembourg, with more recent extinctions in Germany (in the year 1835 ...
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies [4] of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly ( Ursus arctos horribilis ), other morphological forms of brown bear in North America are sometimes identified as grizzly bears.
The Syrian brown bear is a moderate- to small-sized subspecies with light claws. This population tends to be a whitish-blond color, with less noticeable black-based hairs than grizzly bears have. [3] †Ursus arctos crowtheri – Atlas bear or North African brown bear, Crowther's bear (extinct)
Brown bear (Ursus arctos). Ursidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes the giant panda, brown bear, and polar bear, and many other extant or extinct mammals.
A small brown bear population once lived in the northern parts of Mexico, New Mexico, and Arizona. [30] This population is now extinct as the last known Mexican grizzly bear was shot in 1976. [31] These bears were smaller and lighter than the Canadian and United States brown bear population.
A mitochondrial DNA study of bones of Atlas bears ranging in age from 10,000 to 800 years Before Present found that the specimens belonged to two distinct clades: one, referred to as "Clade V", was indistinguishable from brown bears found in the Iberian Peninsula, while the other "Clade VI", was highly distinct from all other brown bears, either closely related to the polar bear and Alaskan ...