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between the years 1908 until 1911. Undoubtedly this form 

 of bear is now extinct. 



STIKEENENSIS GROUP 



Ursus stikeenensis Merriam. STIKINE GRIZZLY 



Range : Region about head of Finlay River and Dease Lake 

 region, northern British Columbia (Merriam). Grizzlies in 

 this region seem in no immediate danger. 



Ursus crassodon Merriam. BIG-TOOTH GRIZZLY 



Range: Merriam refers to this form, skulls from Klappan 

 Creek (third south fork of Stikine River) ; White River, Yukon; 

 Wolf Lake, Yukon; Tatletuey Lake, upper Finlay River; Glen- 

 lyon Mountains and Quiet Lake, southern Yukon. Since other 

 supposed forms of grizzlies also inhabit this general region, 

 they may only be identified by killing them and studying the 

 skull. At present the grizzly bear is in no danger in this region, 

 for no cattle are raised, human population is small, and the 

 occasional hunter is their only enemy. 



Ursus crassus Merriam. THICK-SET GRIZZLY 



Range: Merriam records skulls from upper Macniillan 

 River, Yukon; and Anderson River, Horton River, and Lang- 

 ton Bay, on the Barren-grounds. The type specimen was 

 collected in 1916. No immediate danger for it is seen. 



Ursus mirabilis Merriam. STRANGE GRIZZLY 



Range: Admiralty Island, Alaska. With the present re- 

 ported favorable attitude of the local population and the 

 recent game regulations, it would seem that this grizzly will 

 not be hunted beyond a reasonable limit. 



Ursus absarokus Merriam. ABSAROKA GRIZZLY 



Range: "Laramie and Bighorn Mountains, eastern Wyo- 

 ming, Black Hills region, South Dakota, and northward along 

 Little Missouri to Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers." Prob- 

 ably extinct in the Black Hills and eastern Wyoming. The 

 latter State still has a relatively large population of grizzly 

 bears but these center in the Yellowstone Park region, and are 

 regarded by Merriam as a special type. The type specimen 

 from near head of Little Bighorn River, northern part of Big- 

 horn Mountains, Montana, was killed in 1893, and the animal 

 may still occur in that region. 



