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*Ursus richardsoni Swainson. 



1838. Ursus richardsoni Swainson, Anim. in menageries, p. 54. 

 1885. Ursus richardsoni True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 608, 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Shore of the Arctic Ocean, on west side of 



Bathurst Inlet near mouth of Hood River, Mackenzie, 



Canada. 



Ursus russelli Merriam. 



1914. Ursus russelli Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 27, p. 178. August 13, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Mackenzie Delta, Mackenzie, Canada. 

 Range. — Lower Mackenzie region; limits unknown. 



t*TJrsus phaeonyx (Merriam). 



1904. Ursus horrihilis -phseonyx Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 17, p. 154. October 6, 1904. 



1914. [Ursus] phxonyx Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 

 vol. 27, p. 183. August 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 internationalis Merriam. 



1914. Ursus internationalis Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 27, p. 177. August 13, 1914. 



Type Locality. — Alaska- Yukon boundary, about 50 miles 

 south of the Arctic coast. 



Range. — Region bordering Arctic coast along international 

 boundary, and doubtless adjacent mountains, between the 

 coast and the Yukon-Porcupine; limits unknown. 



t*Ursus ophrus Merriam. 



1916. Ursus ophrus Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 29, p. 148. September 6, 1916. 



Type Locality. — Eastern British Columbia, Canada (exact 

 locality unknown) . 



t*Ursus washake Merriam. 



1916. Ursus washake Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 29, p. 152. September 6, 1916. 

 Type Locality. — North fork of Shoshone River, Absaroka 

 Mountains, between Bighorn Basin and Yellowstone Park 

 Wyoming. 



