much in one species, or even in one litter of cubs, as 

 in different species widely separated as to locality. 

 Assemble a number of grizzlies representing each 

 of the many species and subspecies, and there will 

 be a bewildering array of fur coats, perhaps no two 

 alike. However, as I have said, the grizzly's char- 

 acteristics are ever the same, no matter what the 

 color of his coat or where he lives. Wherever you 

 see a grizzly, on the glaciers of Alaska, on the 

 desert sands of Mexico, or fishing in the Columbia, 

 he seems as much the same old acquaintance as 

 the bluebird who comes each spring. 



The color of the species runs through many 

 shades of brown: among them are cream, tan, 

 mouse-color, cinnamon, and golden yellow. Black 

 or almost white may be the fur of the grizzly, but 

 shades of gray and brown predominate. Infre- 

 quently a grizzly is seen with a coat of more than 

 one color. This variety of color causes confusion 

 concerning species, but within the bounds of the 

 United States, outside of Alaska, there are virtu- 

 ally only two kinds of bear, the black and the griz- 

 zly, though these are divided by naturalists into 

 many species and subspecies according to the ar- 

 rangement and forms of their teeth and the bones of 

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