EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



In order to coordinate the account of the grizzly and brown 

 bears with the nomenclature proposed by Merriam (1918) in 

 his review of these animals, the following synopsis of the names 

 used in his paper and their grouping is added, with a few words 

 on the status of these forms where information is at hand. 



HORRIBILIS GROUP 



Ursus horribilis horribilis Ord. BIG PLAINS GRIZZLY 



Range: Plains of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Dakotas. 

 Nearly or quite extinct. 



Ursus horribilis bairdi Merriam. BAIRD'S GRIZZLY 



Range: "Southern Rocky Mountain region from San Juan 

 Mountains, southwestern Colorado, northward through Wyo- 

 ming to Montana, and perhaps to southeastern British Colum- 

 bia." Supposed to be a mountain form; nearly extinct. 



Ursus horribilis imperator Merriam. YELLOWSTONE PARK 



BIG GRIZZLY 



Range: "Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; limits un- 

 known." A small number live in the Park and perhaps the 

 nearby country. 



Ursus chelidonias Merriam. JERVIS INLET GRIZZLY 



Range: "Head of Jervis Inlet, British Columbia." Status 

 unknown. 



Ursus atnarko Merriam. ATNARKO GRIZZLY 



Range : Region of Atnarko River, upper Bella Coola, British 

 Columbia. Status unknown. 



Ursus kwakiutl Merriam. KWAKIUTL GRIZZLY 



Range: "Coast region of British Columbia from south- 

 western corner (Burrard Inlet, Howe Sound, Jervis Inlet) 

 northwesterly to or beyond the lower Bella Coola." Probably 

 a few left. 



Ursus nortoni Merriam. YAKUT AT GRIZZLY 



Range: "Limited apparently to coastal plain on southeastern 

 side of Yakutat Bay." Probably still found; specimens col- 

 lected in 1910. 



Ursus warburtoni Merriam. WARBURTON PIKE GRIZZLY 

 Range :" Coast region , . . of southeastern Alaska and 



