BIG ALASKA BEARS 



presented by Wilson Potter) , is pale buffy inclining to light 

 reddish brown throughout, without grizzly appearance; legs 

 only slightly darker. One killed by Dall DeWeese, of 

 Canyon City, Colorado, September 7, 1897, is described 

 by him as 'grayish-yellow,' with legs and sides chocolate- 

 brown." (Merriam) Found in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 



Alaska Brown Bear; Dall Brown Bear. — Ursus dalli Merriam. 

 "Size very large; skull without very pronounced characters, 

 although differing sufficiently from its neighbors. General 

 color dark brown, strongly grizzled." Found in "Mala- 

 spina Glacier and region northwest of Yakutat Bay, 

 Alaska." (Merriam) Plate V. 



Sitka Brown Bear. — Ursus sitkensis Merriam. 



"Size large; coloration very dark; claws of moderate length, 

 curved, dark blue-black, scurfy; skull broad and massive. 

 Color. — Dark; muzzle dark brown, sometimes chocolate- 

 brown or even sooty, paler in faded summer pelage; head 

 and body very dark brown or even dusky, varying to dull 

 brown in summer, washed on back of head, neck, and 

 shoulders with yellowish or golden." (Merriam) Found 

 on Baranof and Chichagof Islands, Sitka Islands, Alaska. 



Shiras Brown Bear. — Ursus shirasi Merriam. 



"A huge brown bear larger than the largest sitkensis; head 

 highly arched; color black, except muzzle, which is dull 

 brown; claws dark blue-black, dull, slightly scurfy (not 

 smoothly polished as in the grizzlies), rather strongly curved 

 and of moderate length (middle claw over curve, 92 mm.; 

 from top of base to apex, 75), fourth and fifth rounded off 

 on outer side. Color. — Entire animal, except muzzle, 

 coal black, showing when examined closely a brownish wash 

 along middle of back; muzzle from nose pad to between 

 eyes dull brown. . . . Restricted to Admiralty Island." 

 (Merriam) 



Peninsula Giant Bear. — Ursus gyas (Merriam), 



"Size huge, either largest living bear or second only to the 

 great Kadiak bear (middendorffi). Claws rather long and 

 smooth, dark when young, pale when old. Color variable, 

 from grizzled brown to pale yellowish. Skull of male large, 

 long, and massive, but not highly arched. Sexual disparity 

 great." Found along "Entire length of Alaska Peninsula 

 from Cook Inlet to Isanotski Strait and adjacent Unimak 

 Island." (Merriam) 



Kadiak Bear. — Ursus middendorffi Merriam, 



Size huge. Found on "Kodiak and adjacent islands, 

 Afognak and Shuyak; not known from mainland." (Mer- 

 riam) 



Kenai Giant Bear. — Ursus kenaiensis Merriam. 



"Size large; appearance that of a big grizzly; coloration 

 rather dark; claws moderately curved, dark, usually marked 

 with whitish streaks on sides and near tip; longest claw 

 in three adults 82-90 mm. Skull broad and massive, 



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