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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.
One of the earliest pieces of evidence supporting the existence of a grizzly bear in Labrador is a map of the region drawn in 1550 by French cartographer Pierre Desceliers, which depicts three bears on the coast. One bear is white and is certainly a polar bear, while the other two are brown. [4]
The Cabinet-Purcell Wildlife Linkage Initiative [17] is an active fundraising initiative under The Right Place Campaign to protect grizzly bear and wildlife habitat in the trans-border area of northwestern Montana and southern British Columbia. The Selkirk Initiative [18] was launched in 2001 to address habitat protection for this vulnerable ...
Grizzly bears in the lower 48 states are considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages grizzly bear populations, and the Wyoming Game and Fish ...
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The last known grizzly bear in Colorado was killed in 1979. The decline of the bears to just 2% of their original range tells of the human-caused extirpation of large predators in the Rocky Mountain region. Only 700-900 grizzly bears may be alive today in the conterminous United States, with 300 grizzlies alive in the Canadian Rockies. [29]
Since the first grizzly bear sighting in Grand Teton on March 26, what is called “bear season” has begun. “All of Teton County is now in occupied grizzly bear habitat,” the park service said.
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 ...