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much in one species, or even in one litter of cubs, as 

 in different species widely separated as to locality. 

 Assemble a number of grizzlies representing each 

 of the many species and subspecies, and there will 

 be a bewildering array of fur coats, perhaps no two 

 alike. However, as I have said, the grizzly's char- 

 acteristics are ever the same, no matter what the 

 color of his coat or where he lives. Wherever you 

 see a grizzly, — on the glaciers of Alaska, on the 

 desert sands of Mexico, or fishing in the Columbia, 

 — he seems as much the same old acquaintance as 

 the bluebird who comes each spring. 



The color of the species runs through many 

 shades of brown: among them are cream, tan, 

 mouse-color, cinnamon, and golden yellow. Black 

 or almost white may be the fur of the grizzly, but 

 shades of gray and brown predominate. Infre- 

 quently a grizzly is seen with a coat of more than 

 one color. This variety of color causes confusion 

 concerning species, but within the bounds of the 

 United States, outside of Alaska, there are virtu- 

 ally only two kinds of bear, the black and the griz- 

 zly, though these are divided by naturalists into 

 many species and subspecies according to the ar- 

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