| Despite the considerable fragmentation of its range, the brown bear, Ursus arctos, is still the most widespread member of its family. It persists in scattered pockets from Spain to Japan and in the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. Populations are more continuous in Russia, Alaska, and Canada. This broad range encompasses much variation, from enormous coastal brown bears in Alaska and Kamchatka to much smaller bears in Southern Europe, where large, dangerous individuals (and their genes) were eliminated long ago. There are pale cream brown bears and almost black brown bears. Because of their frosted coats, brown bears of the North American interior are universally called grizzlies. |
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