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narrow frontal shield, and insignificant postorbital processes" 

 of the form eulophus living on the same island, may not be as 

 distinctive in life. Hence its status on Admiralty Island is 

 not made out. With the closing of two areas totaling 52,000 

 acres on Admiralty Island, it is presumed that the brown 

 bears present in some numbers there must include a proportion 

 of this type. 



Ursus nuchek Merriam. NUCHEK BROWN BEAR 



Range: Prince William Sound easterly to Mount St. Elias; 

 limits unknown. The range continues that of the Yakutat 

 bear on the Alaskan coast. No late information is at hand as 

 to its status there, but under present regulations the existing 

 conditions are at least favorable. 



GYAS GROUP 



Ursus gyas Merriam. PENINSULA GIANT BEAR 



Range: "Entire length of Alaska peninsula from Cook Inlet 

 to Isanotski Strait and adjacent Unimak Island." This is 

 "either the largest living bear or second only to the great 

 Kadiak bear (middendorffi)," according to Merriam. Skulls 

 of adult males show "a surprisingly wide range in size and 

 form," so that Merriam distinguishes four types among them. 

 On account of its large size this bear might form an especial 

 attraction to hunters and thus be in more danger from this 



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Barren-ground bear (Ursus richardsoni) 



