MAMMALS— UESIDyE— UBSUS AECTOS HOEEIBILIS. 



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Fam. UESIDAE. 



Genus URSUS, L. 



UBSUS AECTOS HOEEIBILIS. 



Grizzly ES«-at°; " CiiajiaiBE©sa Bear" of mountaineers. 



Ursus horribilis, Oed, Guthrie's Geog., 2d Am. ed., ii, 1815, 291, 299. — Say, Loug's 

 Exp. E., Mts., 1823, 53.— Doughty's Cab. Nat, Hist,, i, 1831, 121, pi. 11.— 

 Godm., Am. Nat. Eist,, i, 1831, 131.— Baied, Mamm. N. A., 1857, 219. 



1 Ursus horribilis var. horriceus, Bd., U. S. Mes. B. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Mamm., 24. 



Ursus ferox, Eich., Fu. Bor.-Am., i, 1829, 24, pi. 1.— Fiscn., Syn., 1829, 144.— Aud. 

 & Bach., Q. N. A., iii, 1S53, 141, pi. 131. 



Ursus cinereus, Desm., Mamm., i, 1820, 1G4. — Habl., Fn. Airier., 1825, 4S. — Geay, 

 P. Z. S., 18C4, C90. 



Ursus candescens, H. Smith, Griff. Guy., ii, 1827, 229 ; v, 1827, 112. 



Ursus arctos, var., Middendoeff, Sibir. Eeise, ii, pt. ii, 1853, 4, 54, Gl. 



Ursus arctos, Allen, Bull. M. C. Z., ii, 1871, 170 (mixed with several other species or 

 varieties). 



Specimen. 



No. 



Name. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



15 C 



U. horribilis 



Grass Valley, Utah 





E. E. Howell 



Cranium. 



> lc, 7j 



Found from the plains of the Upper Missouri to the Rocky Mountains, 

 and along their bases ; thence to the coast of California, Several seen by 

 the party in New Mexico, and a fine cranium obtained in Utah by Mr. 

 Howell. 



Although no bears were seen on the expedition of 1872, yet evidence 

 was received at Fillmore of the occasional presence of one of these monsters 

 in the Wahsatch Mountains behind the town. Our informant was an old 

 hunter, thoroughly acquainted with the Cinnamon Bear {Ursus americanus, 

 var. cinnamomus, Aud. & Bach.), which is frequently miscalled "the grizzly"; 

 and he stated positively that the bear in question was entirely different. 

 Many attempts had been made to capture him, but without success. 



A grizzly bear, apparently two years old, was obtained on the northern 

 slope of Bill Williams' Mountain. Several were killed in this same locality 

 by the party to which Dr. Cones was attached in 18G4. They are quite 

 common in the vicinity of Camp Apache. 



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