.'192 • URSUS. 



958. Ursus euiophus Merriam. 



Ursiis euiophus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, 1904, p. 153. 

 Admiralty Island Brown Bear. 



Ty^pe locality. Admiralty Island, southeastern Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Unknown. 



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

 frontals much elevated posteriorly, rather narrow interorbitally ; 

 frontal shield long and high, sloping strongly upward from anterior 

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

 anteriorly; rostrum rather narrow; maxillae long, reaching to be5^ond 

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

 lower carnassial slender. 



Measurements. None given! 



959. * Ursus kenaiensis Merriam. 



Ursus kenaiensis Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, 1902, p. 154. 

 Kenai 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. 



Measurements. None given! 



Subgenus C. Danis. Grizzly Bears. 



960. Ursus horribilis Ord. 



Ursus horribilis Ord, Guthr. Geog., 2d Amer. ed., 11, 1815, p. 291, 

 desc. p. 299. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 312, pi. XXXIII. Zool. Ser. 

 Ursus horribilis californicus Merr., Proc. Biol. vSoc. Wash., x, 1896, 

 p. 76. 

 Grizzly Bear. 



Type locality. Montana. 



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

 ming and Utah. British Columbia to Alaska. 



♦The specific values of the Brown Bears of Alaska cannot be considered 

 as satisfactorily established. The roaming habits of these animals frequently 

 cause them to travel very great distances, even swimming wide rivers and 

 estuaries of the sea. It is not probable, therefore, that closely allied animals, 

 as are all those heretofore described, would be able to maintain their dis- 

 tinctive characters, as they must at certain seasons mingle promiscuously 

 together, and bears, like pigs, are not particular in their choice of a mate. 

 Great variations in skulls and in size of individuals occur among all bears. 

 It is most, probable that when these forms are treated monographically with 

 ample materials, the number of species and races will be conspicuously reduced. 



