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TOWNSENDI GROUP 



Ursus townsendi Merriam. TOWNSEND'S BEAR 



Range: Mainland of southeastern Alaska. The type came 

 from Sitka in 1889. No information as to status is at hand. 



DALLI GROUP 



Ursus dalli Merriam. D ALL'S BROWN BEAR 



Range : Malaspina Glacier and region northwest of Yakutat 

 Bay, Alaska. Osgood (1904) writes of the general region about 

 the base of the Alaska Peninsula that "Brown Bears were 

 formerly abundant in much of the country . . . but the 

 persistent hunting by the natives since the introduction of 

 modern repeating rifles has reduced their numbers greatly. 

 They still occur in many localities, but have become extremely 

 shy and are seldom obtained unless a special campaign for 

 them is conducted." 



Ursus hoots Merriam. STIKINE BROWN BEAR 



Range: Stikine River region, British Columbia. This is 

 believed to be a small race of tj^e brown bear, perhaps closely 

 related to the form sitkensis. Merriam mentions but three 

 specimens from the Stikine River. Its present status is un- 

 known but is perhaps little likely to have altered much recently. 



Ursus sitkensis Merriam. SITKA BROWN BEAR 



Range: Sitka Islands (Baranof and Chichagof), Alaska. In 

 the press notice of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 

 December 18, 1938, Wildlife Agent Douglas Gray of Juneau 

 reports that the large brown bear continues to be "the greatest 

 attraction to the trophy hunter that this district offers. Their 

 numbers seem to be as plentiful as ever, notably on the Baranof- 

 Chichagof-Admiralty Island group." With proper regulation 

 of hunting, therefore, this form seems in no danger. 



Ursus shirasi Merriam. SHIRAS'S BROWN BEAR 



Range: Restricted to Admiralty Island. This is "a very 

 large member of the brown bear group," but whether it is 

 always black like the type specimen is unknown. Its "excep- 

 tionally broad skull with broad short rostrum, excessively 

 broad and short frontal shield, and huge massive postorbital 

 processes," though obviously different in comparison with the 

 "long narrow skull with slender elongate rostrum, long and 



