FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



Euarctos cinnamomum (Audubon and Badhman) = Euarctos 

 aniericanus americamis 



New Mexico Black Bear. — Euarctos aniericanus amhlycep 

 (Baird). 

 Resembling typical americanus but with broader skull, color 

 brown, with hairs tipped with lighter shade. Found in 

 New Mexico. 



Kenai Black Bear. — Euarctos americanus perniger (Allen). 

 Very similar to typical americanus but differing in having 

 very narrow skull. Color intense black. Found on the 

 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



Dall Island Black ^ear.— Euarctos americanus pugnax 

 (Swarth). 

 Differing from typical americanus in broad and heavy skull, 

 with flattened frontal bones; color black. Found on Dall 

 Island, Alaska. 



Queen Charlotte Black Bear.- — Euarctos americanus carlottce 

 (Osgood). 

 Differing from typical americanus in larger size and various 

 cranial characters such as longer skull, more elongate 

 rostrum and heavier dentition ; color said to be glossy black 

 and the cinnamon phase unknown. Found on Graham 

 Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



Olympic Black Bear. — Euarctos altifrontalis (Elliot). 



This Bear is listed as a full species in Miller's North American 

 Recent Mammals, but it is undoubtedly a form of ameri- 

 canus. It was described as "black, nose tan color"; fore- 

 head broad, high and bulging; and was taken on the shore 

 of Lake Crescent, Clallam County, Washington. 



Florida Black Bear; Everglade Bear. — Euarctos floridanus 

 (Merriam). 

 Larger than typical americanus and wholl}^ black; highly 

 arched frontal region. Weight may reach 500 to 600 

 pounds. Found from Florida north into Georgia. 



Louisiana Black Bear. — Euarctos luteolus (Griffith). 



Large in size like floridanus but with frontal region flat; 

 molar teeth very large; color generally black but occurs 

 in the brown phase and may be yellowish brown in worn 

 pelage of that phase. Found from Louisiana into eastern 

 Texas. 



Glacier Bear; Emmons Bear; Blue Bear.^ — Euarctos em- 

 monsii (Dall). Plate IV. 

 Small in size, bluish black in color. Claws short and 

 strongly curved; pelage only moderately long, a mixture 

 of black and gray to give a grizzled appearance; a black 

 dorsal line; muzzle brown. Found near Yakutat Bay, 

 Alaska, in the glacier region of the St. Elias Alps, south- 

 east to Glacier Bay. Said by E. W. Nelson to be only a 

 rare color phase of the American Black Bear. 



Kermode Bear. — Euarctos kermodei (Homaday). Plate IV. 

 A very small Bear, white in color; by some considered to be 



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