Brown bear
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A Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear.
Brown bears can weigh 130–700 kg (300–1500 pounds).
[edit] Taxonomy
There are several Brown Bear subspecies.
- Species Ursus arctos
- European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
- Siberian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus); Siberia
- Golden Bear (Ursus arctos californicus) †
- Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri) †
- Gobi Bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis); Mongolia
- Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis); Canada and United States
- Himalayan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus); Nepal and North India
- Carpathian Bear (Ursus arctos formicarius)
- Marsican Bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus); Central Italy
- Kodiak Bear or Alaskan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi); Kodiak, Afognak, Suyak, Admiralty, Chicagof, Baranof Islands (Alaska), plus other islands in southeastern Alaska and along the mainland coast of southeastern Alaska
- Mexican Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos nelsoni) †
- Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus); Western China
- Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus); Middle East
- Hokkaido Brown Bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis); Japan
[edit] Links
Look up Ursus arctos in Wikispecies, a directory of species
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