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Brown Bear

Ursus arctos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,652, February 1,220, March 1,911, April 3,007, May 4,335, June 4,727, July 5,058, August 4,350, September 3,194, October 2,384, November 1,303, December 1,018.
United States37,962
Canada4,789
Alaska3,360
British Columbia2,726
Russia1,110
Alberta1,008
Idaho452
Wyoming443
Romania210
Yukon193

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • GiantUnusually large for its typeChecked by the maintainer

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyBears · Ursidae
GenusHolarctic Bears · Ursus

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