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Willamette Valley (presumably same species); south in Sierra 

 Nevada an unknown distance." Now about extinct; last ones 

 killed perhaps about 1911. Bailey (1936) states that according 

 to Forest Service reports, there were in 1924 and 1925 one 

 grizzly bear on each of the Cascade and Siskiyou National 

 Forests, in 1931 two and in 1932 one on the Wallowa Forest, 

 and in 1933 one on the Willamette. 



Ursus mendocinensis Merriam. MENDOCINO GRIZZLY 



Range: Known only from Mendocino County, California, 

 along the northwest coast of the State. Extinct. The last 

 grizzlies were killed in the county in the autumn of 1875, a 

 female, a yearling, and a large male, all killed at the same 

 place on Eel River south of Covelo (Grinnell, Dixon, and 

 Linsdale, 1937, p. 70). 



Ursus magister Merriam. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRIZZLY 



Range: Santa Ana or Trabuco Mountains, Cuyamaca and 

 Santa Rosa Mountains, and probably San Jacinto Mountains 

 of California. Now extinct; last one killed October 28, 1916, 

 near Sunland, Los Angeles County, California (Grinnell, 

 Dixon, and Linsdale, 1937). 



HYLODROMUS GROUP 



Ursus hylodromus Elliot. FOREST GRIZZLY 



Range: "Rocky Mountain region of western Alberta and 

 eastern British Columbia, including Selkirk Range." Prob- 

 ably a few still remain. 



Ursus kluane kluane Merriam. KLUANE GRIZZLY 



Range: "Southwest corner of Yukon Territory east of the 

 St. Elias Range, extending northwesterly in Alaska to Mount 

 McKinley region (head of Toklat), easterly in Yukon Territory 

 to McConnell River . . . and probably south into north- 

 west corner of British Columbia" (Merriam). Not believed 

 to be in present danger. 



Ursus kluane impiger Merriam. INDUSTRIOUS GRIZZLY 



Range: Merriam gives the following localities as indicative 

 of the range: Brisco, Columbia Valley, in British Columbia; 

 Morley and Jasper, Alberta; and headwaters of North Fork 

 Blackfoot River, western Montana. Hollister (1912a) wrote 

 that "the grizzly bear is still a common animal throughout the 



