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The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. [3] It is one of the largest recognized subspecies or population of the brown bear, and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear ...
Ussuri brown bear. The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the Ezo brown bear, Russian grizzly bear, or the black grizzly bear, [3] is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear (U. a. arctos). [which?] One of the largest brown bears, a very large Ussuri brown bear may approach the Kodiak bear ...
Considering pinnipeds [73] and polar bears [74] [44] [75] to be marine mammals, the Kodiak bear is the largest [76] [77] of the living land-based mammalian predators. The largest subspecies are the Kodiak bear (U. a. middendorffi) and the questionably-distinct peninsular giant bear or coastal brown bear (U. a. gyas).
The Kamchatka brown bear is the biggest brown bear in Eurasia, [3] with a body length of 2.4 m (7.9 ft) to 3 m (9.8 ft) tall on hind legs, and a weight up to at least 650 kg (1,430 lb). [4][5] It is about the size of the Kodiak bear; however, the skull is broader than that of the Ussuri brown bear, [6] and compared to that of the Kodiak bear ...
The following list contains the largest terrestrial members of the order Carnivora, ... Brown bear: Ursus arctos: Ursidae: 270-635: 751 (in the wild, possibly more) 1 ...
According to the State Department of Environmental Protection, this was the first fatal bear attack on a human in New Jersey on record. [57] Lorna Weafer, 36, female: May 7, 2014: Wild: near Fort McMurray, Alberta: Weafer, a Suncor worker was attacked at the remote North Steepbank oil sands mine site while walking back to work after a trip to ...
The Orphaned Wildlife Center is an American nonprofit 501 (c) (3) animal welfare organization located in Otisville, New York. [1] Founded by Jim Kowalczik, Susan Kowalczik, and Kerry Clair in 2015, the mission is to save orphaned wildlife, rehabilitate and release them back into the wild. Animals that can not be released back into the wild are ...
The Dakota Zoo was home to Clyde, the largest captive Kodiak brown bear ever recorded. [11] Clyde was believed to have been born in January 1965. The Federal government originally studied Clyde as a research animal to determine the effect of the radioactive isotope Strontium-90 on wildlife. [ 12 ]