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Type Locality. — North fork of Shoshone River, Absaroka Mountains, between 

 Bighorn Basin and Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. 



kidderi — group 

 Ursus kidderi kidderi Merriaraf * 



1902. Ursus kidderi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 15, p. 78, 



Mar. 22, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Chinitna Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska. Range. — Entire length 

 of Alaska Peninsula. 



Ursus kidderi tundrensis Merriamf* 



1914. Ursus kidderi tundrensis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 27, p. 196, Aug. 13, 1914. 



Type Locality. — Shaktolik River, Norton Sound, Alaska. Range. — Tundra 

 region of northwestern Alaska from Shaktolik River on Norton Sound, southerly 

 across lower Yukon, Kuskokwim, and Nushagak Rivers to Bristol Bay and north 

 side of base of Alaska Peninsula. 



Ursus eximius Merriamf* 

 1916. Ursus eximius Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 29, p. 139, 



Sept. 6, 1916. 

 Type Locality. — Head of Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska. 



innuitus — group 

 Ursus innuitus Merriamf* 

 1914. Ursus innuitus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, p. 177, 



Aug. 13, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Golofnin Bay, south side of Seward Peninsula, western Alaska. 

 Range. — Coastal region of Norton Sound, Alaska, from Unalaklik northward 

 and westward; limits unknown. 



Ursus eressonus Merriamf* 



1916. Ursus eressonus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 29, p. 137, 

 Sept. 6, 1916. 



Type Locality. — Lakina River, south slope of Wrangell Range, Alaska. 

 Range. — Chitina River Valley and adjacent slopes of Skolai and Wrangell Moun- 

 tains, westerly doubtless through Chugach Mountains to west side of Cook Inlet; 

 occurs as far south as Iliamna region; east to southwestern Yukon (Anderson, 

 Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 46, Jan. 24, 1947). 



Ursus holzworthi Merriamf* 



1929. Ursus holzworthi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 42, p. 173, 

 June 15, 1929. 



Type Locality. — East slope of Talkeetna Mountains, near headwaters of 

 Oshetna or Black River, Alaska. Range. — Known only from the type locality, 

 nearly due north of Matanuska region and about 50 miles north-northeast of 

 Chickaloon. 



Ursus alexandrae Merriam* 



1914. Ursus alexandrae Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 27, p. 174, 

 Aug. 13, 1914. 



