Kadiak Bear 



Varieties of the Grizzly Bear 



;. Grimly Bear. Ursus horribilis Ord. Description as above. 



Range. Northern Rocky Mountains from Utah to the interior 



of British Columbia. 

 2. Alaskan Grimly. Ursus horribilis alascensis Merriam. Skull 



larger, and other cranial and dental peculiarities. 

 Range. Norton Sound District Alaska. 



^. Sonoran Grimly. Ursus horribilis horriceus Baird. Frontal 

 region of skull not elevated at or behind the eye sockets, 

 as in U. horribilis, but hollowed between them. 

 Range. Southern Rocky Mountains and outlying peaks and 



ranges, Colorado to Arizona. 

 4. California Grimly. Ursus horribilis californicus Merriam. 



Rather larger than the last. Ears longer. 

 Range. Southern California. (Rapidly approaching extinction.) 



No satisfactory comparison of skins of these animals, nor the 

 large brown bears, has been made as yet, and they have been 

 studied mainly from skulls. 



Kadiak Bear 



Ursus middendorff Merriam 



Length. Skin, 10 feet. Skull, 15 inches. 



Description. Largest of the American bears. Colour similar to 



the grizzly but skull presenting many points of difference. 

 Range. Kadiak Island. 



This enormous bear and the allied Yakutat and Sitkan bears 

 are restricted to Alaska and adjacent islands. They present differ- 

 ences of structure from both the grizzlies and black bears and 

 are larger than either. 



Species and Varieties of Brown Bears 



/. Kadiak Bear. Ursus middendorff Merriam. Range and de- 

 scription as above. 

 2. Yakutat Bear. Ursus dalli Merriam. Frontal region of skull 



flattened instead of arched. 

 Range. Yakutat Bay, Alaska. 

 ?. Pa-vlof Bear. Ursus dalli gyas Merriam. Much larger than 



the last. 

 Range. Pavlof Bay, Alaskan Peninsula. 



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