Stickeen brown bear
| Stickeen brown bear | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | U. a. stikeenensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ursus arctos stikeenensis | |
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The Stickeen brown bear (Ursus arctos stikeenensis), also known as Stikine brown bear, is a large North American brown bear that is most commonly dark brown in color but can also range from blonde to black, featuring a distinctive hump on its shoulders and a slightly dished profile to the face. It ranges along the coast of the Pacific Ocean from the southeastern Alaskan panhandle to the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon.[3]
Description
With long front claws, an adult male typically weighs between 135 and 390 kg (298 and 860 lb), and an adult female between 95 and 205 kg (209 and 452 lb), and have shoulders between 90 and 110 cm (35 and 43 in). However, the size varies depending upon the amount of food.[4] Skulls of the Stickeen brown bear are on average smaller than those of the ABC Islands bear or the extinct California grizzly bear.[3]
References
- ^ Cannings, S.G.; Hammerson, G. (2022-07-25). "Ursus arctos". NatureServe Explorer.
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- ^ "Grizzly bear assessment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-15.
- ^ a b c Hall, E. Raymond (1984-08-10). "Geographic variation among brown and grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in North America". Special Publication of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 13: 1–16.
- ^ "Stickeen brown bear". Bear Conservation. Retrieved 2017-12-30.