154 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



Ursus planiceps Merriam. FLAT-HEADED GRIZZLY 



Range: Foothills along the western edge of the plains in 

 Colorado and Wyoming. Nearly if not quite extinct. 



Ursus macrodon Merriam. TWIN LAKES GRIZZLY 



Range: Twin Lakes region of Colorado. Probably nearly 

 extinct. 



Ursus mirus Merriam. YELLOWSTONE PARK GRIZZLY 



Range : Yellowstone Park region. Probably now uncommon ; 

 specimen (the type) killed in 1915. 



Ursus eltonclarki Merriam. SITKA GRIZZLY 



Range: "The Sitka Islands, Baranof and Chichagof," 

 Alaska. Probably still occurs. 



Ursus tahltanicus Merriam. TAHLTAN GRIZZLY 



Range: "Middle and upper Stikine-Skeena region, limits 

 uncertain/' in British Columbia. Probably still present in 

 small numbers. 



Ursus insular is Merriam. ISLAND BEAR 



Range: Admiralty Island, Alaska. Probably not now in 

 immediate danger. 



Ursus orgilos Merriam. GLACIER BAY GRIZZLY 



Range: Bartlett Bay and east side of Glacier Bay, Alaska. 

 Probably still occurs; collected by Hasselborg in 1912. 



Ursus orgiloides Merriam. ALSEK GRIZZLY 



Range: Italic River region, Alaska; in coast strip southeast 

 of Yakutat Bay. Probably present in small numbers; type 

 collected in 1916. 



Ursus pallasi Merriam. PALLAS'S GRIZZLY 



Range: "Southwest corner of Yukon Territory, east of the 

 St. Elias Range . . . and adjacent eastern border of 

 Alaska; easterly to McConnell River and Teslin Lake and 

 south into northern British Columbia." Probably not in 

 immediate danger. 



Ursus rungiusi rungiusi Merriam. RUNGIUS'S GRIZZLY 



Range: Region about the head of Athabaska River and 

 Kootenay Pass, Alberta, and adjacent parts of British Colum- 

 bia (Indian Point Creek). Probably still in small numbers. 



