Kadiak Bear 



Varieties of tine Grizzly Bear 



/. Gn\^ly Bear. Ursus horrihilis Ord. Description as above. 



Range. Northern Rocky Mountains from Utah to the interior 

 of British Columbia. 

 2. Alaskan Grii{^ly. Ursus horrihilis alascensis Merriam. Skull 

 larger, and other cranial and dental peculiarities. 

 Range. Norton Sound District Alaska. 

 ^. Sonoran Grimly. Ursus horrihilis horriceus Baird. Frontal 

 region of skull not elevated at or behind the eye sockets, 

 as in U. horrihilis, but hollowed between them. 

 Range. Southern Rocky Mountains and outlying peaks and 

 ranges, Colorado to Arizona. 

 4. California Grii^jly. Ursus horrihilis californicus Merriam. 

 Rather larger than the last. Ears longer. 

 Range. Southern California. (Rapidly approaching extinction.) 



No satisfactory comparison of skins of these animals, nor the 

 large brown bears, has been made as yet, and they have been 

 studied mainly from skulls. 



Kadiak Bear 



Ursus middendorff Merriam 



Length. Skin, 10 feet. Skull, 15 inches. 



Description. Largest of the American bears. Colour similar to 



the grizzly but skull presenting many points of difference. 

 Range. Kadiak island. 



This enormous bear and the allied Yakutat and Sitkan bears 

 are restricted to Alaska and adjacent islands. They present differ- 

 ences of structure from both the grizzlies and black bears and 

 are larger than either. 



Species and Varieties of Brown Bears 



/. Kadiak Bear. Ursus middendorff Merriam. Range and de- 

 scription as above. 

 2. Yahutat Bear. Ursus dalli Merriam. Frontal region of skull 

 flattened instead of arched. 

 Range. Yakutat Bay, Alaska. 

 ^. Pavlof Bear. Ursus dalli gyas Merriam. Much larger than 

 the last. 

 Range. Pavlof Bay, Alaskan Peninsula. 



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