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URSUS FEROX. — Lewis and Clark. 
Grizzly Bear. 
PLATE C XX XI. —Males. 
M. Magnitudine U. Americanum longe superans, plantis et unguibus 
longioribus, auriculis brevioribus quam in isto ; pilis saturate fuscis, apice 
griseis. 
CHARACTERS. 
Larger than the American Black Bear ; soles of feet, and claws, longer, and 
ears shorter than in the Black Bear. Colour of the hair , dark brown, with 
paler tips. 
SYNONYMES. 
Grizzle Bear. Umfreville, Hudson’s Bay, p. 168. Ann. 1790. 
Grisly Bear. Mackenzie’s Voyage, p. 160. Ann. 1801. 
White, or Brown-grey Bear. Gass’ Journal of Lewis and Clark’s Expedition, pp. 
45, 116, 346. Ann. 1808. 
Grizzly, Brown, White, and Variegated Bear — Ursus Ferox. Lewis and Clark, 
Expedition, vol. i. pp. 284, 293, 343, 375 ; vol. iii. pp. 25, 268. Ann. 1814. 
Ursus Ferox. De Witt Clinton, Trans. Philos, and Lit. Society Hew York, vol. i 
p. 56. Ann. 1815. 
Grizzly Bear. Warden’s United States, vol. i. p. 197. Ann. 1819. 
Grey Bear. Harmon’s Journal, p. 417. Ann. 1820. 
TJrsus Cinereus. Desm. Marnm. Ho. 253. Ann. 1820. 
“ Horribilis. Ord, Guthrie’s Geography, vol. ii. p. 299. 
“ “ Say, Long’s Expedition, vol. ii. p. 244, note 34. Ann. 1822. 
“ Candescens. Hamilton Smith, Griffith An. Kingdom, vol. ii. p. 299 ; vol. v. 
Ho. 320. Ann. 1826. 
“ Cinereus. Harlan, Fauna, p. 48. 
Grizzly Bear. Godman’s Hat. Hist., vol. i. p. 131. 
Ursus Ferox. Rich., Fauna Boreali Americana, p. 24, plate 1. 
DESCRIPTION. 
* The G-rizzly Bear in form resembles the Norwegian variety of Ursus 
Arctos, the Brown Bear of Europe ; the facial line is rectilinear or slightly 
arched ; head, short and round ; nose, bare ; ears, rather small, and more 
