]^iB(ox^ ani CtaBBification 



"The present paper is merely a review of the 

 existing state of knowledge of the grizzlies and big 

 brown bears of America and does not include 

 either the polar or the black bears. It is not in- 

 tended as a monographic revision, but aims to 

 supply a list of the species, together with descrip- 

 tions and comparisons of adult skulls, chiefly males. 

 Little is said of external characters, for the reason 

 that little is known, only a few skins with claws 

 being available for study. 



LIST OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF GRIZZLY AND 

 BIG BROWN BEARS, WITH TYPE LOCALITIES.^ 



(Classification provisional.) 



Horribilis group: 



Ursus horribilis horribilis Ord. .Missouri River, northeastern 



Montana. 



horribilis bairdi Merriam, . . .Blue River, Summit County, 



Colorado. 



/tom&*/w *m/>erator Merriam. Yellowstone National Park, 



Wyoming. 



chelidonias nobis Jervis Inlet, British Colum- 

 bia. 



atnarko nobis Atnarko River, British Co- 

 lumbia. 



kwakiutl Merriam Jervis Inlet, British Colum- 

 bia. 



1 " Nearly 130 years ago Prof. Zauschner proposed the name Ur- 

 sus saribur for an animal ' from the region of Canada' (Bestim- 

 mung der Hundsart Krokute, und der Barenart Saribur, p. 8, 1788), 

 but the species appears to be impossible of identification." 



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