grizzly bear, North American brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) Description (NPS Photo / Ken Conger)
Date 29 June 2010, 01:14
Source Grizzly Bear Drip
Author Denali National Park and Preserve
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grizzly_Bear_Drip_(6968122232).jpg
The grizzly bear or North American brown bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), less commonly known as the silvertip bear, is a large subspecies of brown bear inhabiting North America. The grizzly bear ranges from Alaska east through the Yukon and Northwest Territories, south through British Columbia and through the western half of Alberta.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: Ursus arctos
Subspecies: Ursus arctos horribilis Ord, 1815
