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more Avork remains to be clone on the members of this g-roup 

 of animals before the status of each valid and invalid species 

 vpill be rendered thoroughly clear. 



The most noteworthy species are as follows : 



THE MOST IMI'ORTANT SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BEARS. 



Ursns maritimus, (Desm.^i, Polar Bear. 

 Arctic regions generally. 



Ursus middcndorffi, (Merriam), Kadiak Bear. 



Kadiak Is., Alaska. (Largest of all.) 

 Ursiis dalli, (Merr.), Yakutat Bear. 

 hu I Yakutat Bay, Alaska. 

 ^ %\ Ursns cnloplms, CMerr.), Admiralty Bear. 

 S^ I Admiralty Is., Alaska. 



Ursus mcrriami, (Allen), Peninsula Bear. 

 Portage Bay, Alaska Peninsula. 



Ursus horribilis, (Ord.), Grizzly Bear: Silver-Tip. 

 Wyoming and Utah to Alaska. 

 N g ) Ursus horribilis liorriacus,(Baird), Mexican Grizzly. 

 r^ S \ Southwestern New Mexico. 



PQ ) Ursus richardsoni, (Swainson), Barren-Ground 

 A I Grizzly. 



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Great Slave Lake region, and Barren-Grounds. 



Ursus americanus, (Pallas), Black Bear. 



Eastern North America. 

 Ursus lutcolus, (Griffith), Louisiana Bear. 

 Louisiana and Texas. 

 S m i Ursus floridanus, (Merr.), Everglade Bear. 

 S S \ Florida. 



^ P^ J Ursus cmmonsi, (Dall), Glacier Bear. 

 St. Elias Alps, Yakutat Bay. 

 Ursus kermodci,{i{QV'na(}iay'^, Inland White Bear. 

 Northwestern British Columbia. 



The Polar Bear, {Ursus maritimus) .—In nearly every col- 

 lection of living bears the individuals of this species are the 

 most showy and attractive. Their white coats quickly catch 

 the eye of the visitor, and whether young or old, they are 



