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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.
Bear habitats are generally forests, though some species can be found in grassland and savana regions, and the polar bear lives in arctic and aquatic habitats. Most bears are 1.2–2 m (4–7 ft) long, plus a 3–20 cm (1–8 in) tail, though the polar bear is 2.2–2.44 m (7–8 ft) long, and some subspecies of brown bear can be up to 2.8 m (9 ...
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 ...
Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bear, [3] the polar bear, [4] the American black bear, and the Asian black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ursus , meaning bear .
Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) — native carnivoran mammals of North America. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Alaska Peninsula brown bear's name most likely arose because, until 1975, it was considered a different species from the inland grizzly bear. It was never considered closer to European brown bears than inland grizzlies, but was given a different name, due to the size and color differences of coastal brown bears and inland grizzlies .
Grizzly 399 was a grizzly bear who resided on federal land in a range of hundreds of miles throughout the Grand Teton National Park and the Bridger-Teton National Forest. She was born in a den in Pilgrim Creek, Wyoming, in the winter of 1996. [2] She was captured in 2001 and fitted with a radio collar by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.
The Mexican grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis, formerly Ursus arctos nelsoni) [1] is an extinct population of the grizzly bear in the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The specimen later designated the holotype of U. a. nelsoni was shot by H. A. Cluff at Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua , in 1899. [ 2 ]