CARNIVORA: URSIDAE 707 



richardsoni — group 



Ursus richardsoni Swainson* 



1838. Ursus richardsoni Swainson, Animals in menageries (in Lardner's Cabi- 

 net Cyclopaedia), p. 54. 



1884. Ursus richardsoni True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 ( App., Circ. 29) , 

 p. 608, Nov. 29, 1884. 



Type Locality. — Near first cascade, about 8 miles from mouth of Hood River, 

 Arctic Sound, on west side of Bathurst Inlet, southeast of Coronation Gulf, 

 Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada. Range. — Along Arctic 

 coast from Kent Peninsula on coast and islands of Bathurst Inlet (Baillie's Cove 

 at south end of Arctic sound, a few miles from type locality) ; south side of 

 Coronation Gulf (Kogaryuak River, Coppermine River) ; Dolphin and Union 

 Strait (Bernard Harbour, Wise Point); Franklin Bay (Langton Bay), lower 

 Anderson River, and west to Tuktuyaktok on northeast side of Mackenzie delta 

 (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 45, Jan. 24, 1947). 



Ursus internationalis internationalis Merriam* 



1914. Ursus internationalis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, 

 p. 177, Aug. 13, 1914. 



Type Locality. — Alaska-Yukon boundary (long. 141° W.), about 50 miles 

 south of the Arctic coast. Range. — Region near Arctic coast along Alaska-Yukon 

 boundary, east to western side of Mackenzie delta in Northwest Territories; 

 undoubtedly occurs in northeastern Alaska (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 

 102 (1946), p. 45, Jan. 24, 1947). 



Ursus internationalis russelli Merriam 



1914. Ursus russelli Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, p. 178, 

 Aug. 13, 1914. 



1945. Ursus internationalis russelli Anderson in Porsild, Canadian Field-Nat., 

 vol. 59, No. 1, (January-February), p. 8, Aug. 16, 1945. 



Type Locality. — West branch of Mackenzie River delta (Aklavik Branch), 

 south of northern limit of spruce, a little below Black Mountain, Richardson 

 Mountains, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada. Range. — Outer 

 part of Mackenzie delta region as far east as Richards Island and west side of delta 

 in foothills of Richardson Mountains (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 

 (1946), p. 46, Jan. 24, 1947). 



Ursus phaeonyx Merriamf * 



1904. Ursus horribilis phaeonyx Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 



17, p. 154, Oct. 6, 1904. 

 1914. [Ursus] phaeonyx Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, p. 



183, Aug. 13, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Glacier Mountain, Tanana Mountains, Alaska (about 2 miles 

 below source of Comet Creek, near Fortymile Creek, between Yukon and Tanana 

 Rivers) . Range. — Tanana Mountains between Tanana and Yukon Rivers. 



Ursus washake Merriamf* 



1916. Ursus washake Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 29, p. 152, 

 Sept. 6, 1916. 



