Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) Syrian bear
Date 1874-1875
Source Popular Science Monthly Volume 6
Author Unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V06_D303_Syrian_bear.jpg
The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) is a relatively small subspecies of brown bear ((Ursus arctos) native to the Middle East. Within the former Soviet Union, it occurs in Turkmenistan. Outside the ex-USSR,It occurs in Iran, Iraq and Turkey. It is extinct in Israel, and, more recently, in Syria. The Syrian brown bear may still exist in Lebanon.
