Brown bear

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A Brown Bear.
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A Brown Bear.
A Grizzly Bear.
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A Grizzly Bear.
A Kodiak Bear.
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A Kodiak Bear.
A Syrian Brown Bear.
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A Syrian Brown Bear.

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

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