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that of male strikingly larger than female. . . . Muzzle 

 pale fulvous-brown; cheeks and forehead similar but hairs 

 longer and with pale tips; ground color of top of head, neck, 

 and back much darker but deeply washed on tips with buffy 

 or buffy whitish, giving these parts the look of a grizzly; 

 legs and feet (but not belly) much darker." (Merriam) 

 Found on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. 

 Patriarchal Bear. — Ursus inopinatus (Merriam). 



Size small. "General color varying from whitish buff to 

 pale yellowish buff (yellowest on back of head and neck), 

 darkening to dull reddish brown on ankles, feet, and median 

 line of belly. The pale body color covers the entire body 

 from between eyes to base of tail and reaches down over 

 thighs and upper parts of legs. Muzzle golden brown, 

 becoming dull fulvous-brown around eyes; top of head 

 from between eyes posteriorly soiled buff; long hairs of 

 cheeks washed with bufTy; ears pale buffy. Fur every- 

 where full, soft, and wooly; basal fur of upperparts varying 

 from grayish to grayish brown, but distal half or more 

 than half, pale buffy, so the animal as a whole appears to be 

 buffy whitish." (Merriam) Taken at Rendezvous Lake, 

 northeast of Fort Anderson, Mackenzie. 



As in the case of Eiiarctos, the Black Bears, there is little 

 need to tell how to identify a member of the genus Ursus. 

 Everyone recognizes the Big Bears and the bigger they are the 

 more certain one can be that the creature is either a Grizzly 

 or an Alaskan Brown. The differences between these two 

 groups have been set forth elsewhere, page 80. 



The true Grizzlies of the southern Rocky Mountain districts 

 and the western plains have become extinct, or nearly so, in 

 most places, but in the north the huge Bears of British Colum- 

 bia, Alaska, and the offshore islands are still the prized big 

 game of North America. The habits of these Bears have been 

 recorded at length by numerous writers and the reader is re- 

 ferred to the bibliography at the end of this volume. 



Genus Thalarctos 



Dentition: Incisors, f ; Canines, \\ Premolars, |; Molars, f =42. 



Polar Bear. — Thalarctos maritimus 



and related forms 



Names. — Polar Bear; White Bear; Water Bear; Ice Bear. 

 General Description. — A very large white Bear. Neck 

 long, head proportionally small; pelage very dense. 



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