392 URSUS. 



958. Ursus eulophus Merriam. 



L'rsus enloplins Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn. ic,04, p. 153. 

 ADMIRALTY ISLAND B:;owx BEAR. 



Type locality. Admiralty Island, southeastern Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



Genl. Char. Size large. Skull: sagittal crest high anteriorly; 

 frontals much elevated posteriorly, rather narrow interorbhally ; 

 frontal shield long and high, sloping strongly upward from anterior 

 third of nasals almost to fronto-parietal suture; braincase narrowed 

 anteriorly; rostrum rather narrow; maxilke long, reaching to beyond 

 plane of nasals; interpterygoid fossa long and narrow; molars large; 

 lower carnassial slender. 



Measurements. None given! 



959. * Ursus kenaiensis Merriam. 



L'rsns Icenaiensis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvn. 1902, p. 154. 

 KEXAI PENINSULA BROWN BEAR. 



Type locality. Cape Elizabeth, west end of Kenai Peninsula. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



Genl. Char. Size large. Skull broad, flat, and massive, with 

 broad rostrum ; zygomata wide ; jugal broad anteriorly ; frontals de- 

 pressed, low posteriorly ; postorbital large, projecting outwardly ; 

 palate very broad; nasals broad; anterior nares rather small; canines 

 small ; incisors and molars large. 



Mf'i^in\-;ncnts. None given! 



Submenus ('. Danis. Grizzly Bears. 



960. Ursus horribilis Ord. 



Ursus horribilis Orel, Guthr. Geog., 2d Amer. ed., n, 1815, p. 291, 

 clcs.-. p. 299. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., ] : . C. M. Pub., n. 

 1901, p. 312, pi. xx xin. Zool. Ser. 

 Ursus horrihilis calijoniicits Merr., Proc. "Biol. Soc. Wash., x, 1896, 



p. 76. 

 GRI//I.V Ili.Ak. 



Type locality. Montana. 



Geogr. Distr. California, and Rocky Mountains north of Wyo- 

 ming and Utah. liritish Columbia to Alaska. 



*'|'li-- pecific \alucs of the Hro\vii Hc;irs of Alaska cannot l>c considered 



as satisla. l..nl\ established. Tin- roaming habits of tlu-Sf animals fn-( |ucnt 1 y 

 cause tin-in to Iravrl vi-ry L'rrat distaiu-r^. i-vi-n swimming \viilr rivers and 

 estuaries of th( It is ii"t |>rol ml ile, therefore, thai eloselv allied animals, 



are all those her described, would l>e al>le to maintain their dis- 



tiueti-.e characters, as tln-y must at eertain seasons mingle ]M-oiuiseuously 



i ther, and bears, like ]'i.L, r s, are nol particular in their choice of a mate. 

 (',! in skulls and in individuals occur among all l>c. 



It is most probable that when these forms are treated monOgraphically with 

 ample materials, the number of 5p LeS and races will In- conspicuously reduced. 



