“LIST OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF GRIZZLY AND BIG BROWN BEARS, WITH TYPE LOCALITIES.[1]
(Classification provisional.)
| Horribilis group: | |||
| Ursus horribilis horribilis Ord | Missouri River, northeastern Montana. | ||
| horribilis bairdi Merriam | Blue River, Summit County, Colorado. | ||
| horribilis imperator Merriam | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. | ||
| chelidonias nobis | Jervis Inlet, British Columbia. | ||
| atnarko nobis | Atnarko River, British Columbia. | ||
| kwakiutl Merriam | Jervis Inlet, British Columbia. | ||
| nortoni Merriam | Southeastern side Yakutat Bay, Alaska. | ||
| warburtoni Merriam | Atnarko River, British Columbia. | ||
| neglectus Merriam | Near Hawk Inlet, Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska. | ||
| californicus Merriam | Monterey, California. | ||
| tularensis Merriam | Fort Tejon, California. | ||
| colusus Merriam | Sacramento Valley, California. | ||
| dusorgus nobis[2] | Jack Pine River, Alberta-British Columbia boundary. | ||
| Planiceps group: | |||
| Ursus nelsoni Merriam | Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua, Mexico. | ||
| texensis texensis Merriam | Davis Mountains, Texas. | ||
| texensis navaho Merriam | Navajo country near Fort Defiance, Arizona. (Probably Chuska Mts.) | ||
| planiceps nobis | Colorado (exact locality uncertain). | ||
| macrodon nobis | Twin Lakes, Colorado. | ||
| mirus nobis | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. | ||
| eltonclarki Merriam | Near Freshwater Bay, Chichagof Island, Alaska. | ||
| tahltanicus Merriam | Klappan Creek ( = Third South Fork Stikine River), British Columbia. | ||
| insularis Merriam | Admiralty Island, Alaska. | ||
| orgilos Merriam | Bartlett Bay, east side Glacier Bay, Southeastern Alaska. | ||
| orgiloides nobis | Italio River, Alaska. | ||
| pallasi Merriam | Donjek River, southwestern Yukon. | ||
| rungiusi rungiusi nobis | Rocky Mountains, headwaters Athabaska River, Alberta. | ||
| rungiusi sagittalis nobis | Champagne Landing, southwestern Yukon. | ||
| macfarlani nobis | Anderson River, 50 miles below Fort Anderson, Mackenzie. | ||
| canadensis Merriam[2] | Moose Pass, near Mount Robson, British Columbia. | ||
| Arizonæ group: | |||
| Ursus arizonæ Merriam | Escudilla Mts., Apache County, Arizona. | ||
| idahoensis nobis | North Fork Teton River, eastern Idaho. | ||
| pulchellus pulchellus nobis | Ross River, Yukon. | ||
| pulchellus ereunetes nobis | Beaverfoot Range, Kootenay District, British Columbia. | ||
| oribasus nobis | Upper Liard River, Yukon. | ||
| chelan Merriam | East slope Cascade Mts., Chelan County, Washington. | ||
| shoshone Merriam | Estes Park, Colorado. | ||
| kennerlyi Merriam | Mountains of northeastern Sonora, near Los Nogales, Mexico. | ||
| utahensis Merriam | Salina Creek, near Mayfield, Utah. | ||
| perturbans nobis | Mount Taylor, northern New Mexico. | ||
| rogersi rogersi nobis | Upper Greybull River, Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming. | ||
| rogersi bisonophagus nobis | Black Hills (Bear Lodge), northeastern Wyoming. | ||
| pervagor Merriam | Pemberton Lake (now Lillooet Lake), British Columbia. | ||
| caurinus Merriam | Berners Bay, east side Lynn Canal, Southeastern Alaska. | ||
| eulophus Merriam | Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska. | ||
| klamathensis Merriam[2] | Beswick, near mouth Shovel Creek, Klamath River, northern California. | ||
| mendocinensis Merriam[2] | Long Valley, Mendocino County, California. | ||
| magister Merriam[2] | Los Biacitos, Santa Ana Mountains, Southern California. | ||
| Hylodromus group: | |||
| Ursus hylodromus Elliot | Rocky Mountains, western Alberta. | ||
| kluane kluane Merriam | McConnell River, Yukon. | ||
| kluane impiger nobis | Columbia Valley, British Columbia. | ||
| pellyensis nobis | Ketza Divide, Pelly Mountains, Yukon. | ||
| andersoni nobis[2] | Dease River, near Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie. | ||
| Horriæus group: | |||
| Ursus apache Merriam | Whorton Creek, south slope White Mts., eastern Arizona (a few miles west of Blue). | ||
| horriæus Baird | Coppermines, southwestern New Mexico. | ||
| henshawi Merriam | Southern Sierra Nevada, near Havilah, Kern County, California. | ||
| Stikeenensis group: | |||
| Ursus stikeenensis Merriam | Tatletuey Lake, tributary to Finlay River, near head Skeena River, British Columbia. | ||
| crassodon nobis | Klappan Creek (= Third South Fork Stikine River), British Columbia. | ||
| crassus nobis[2] | Upper Macmillan River, Yukon. | ||
| mirabilis Merriam[2] | Admiralty Island, Alaska. | ||
| absarokus Merriam[2] | Little Bighorn River, northern Bighorn Mountains, Montana. | ||
| Alascensis group: | |||
| Ursus alascensis Merriam | Unalaklik River, Alaska. | ||
| toklat Merriam | Head of Toklat River, north base Alaska Range, near Mount McKinley, Alaska. | ||
| latifrons Merriam | Jasper House, Alberta. | ||
| Richardsoni group: | |||
| Ursus richardsoni Swainson | Shore of Arctic Ocean, west side Bathurst Inlet, near mouth of Hood River. | ||
| russelli Merriam[2] | West side Mackenzie River delta, Canada. | ||
| phæonyx Merriam[2] | Glacier Mountain, Tanana Mts., Alaska (about 2 miles below source of Comet Creek, near Forty-mile Creek, between Yukon and Tanana Rivers). | ||
| internationalis Merriam | Alaska-Yukon boundary, about 50 miles south of Arctic coast. | ||
| ophrus Merriam | Eastern British Columbia (exact locality unknown). | ||
| washake Merriam | North Fork Shoshone River, Absaroka Mts., western Wyoming. | ||
| Kidderi group: | |||
| Ursus kidderi kidderi Merriam | Chinitna Bay, Cook Inlet, Alaska. | ||
| kidderi tundrensis Merriam | Shaktolik River, Norton Sound, Alaska. | ||
| eximius Merriam | Head of Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska. | ||
| Innuitus group: | |||
| Ursus innuitus Merriam | Golofnin Bay, south side Seward Peninsula, northwestern Alaska. | ||
| cressonus Merriam | Lakina River, south slope Wrangell Range, Alaska. | ||
| alexandræ Merriam[2] | Kusilof Lake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. | ||
| Townsendi group: | |||
| Ursus townsendi Merriam | Mainland of Southeastern Alaska (exact locality uncertain). | ||
| Dalli group: | |||
| Ursus dalli Merriam | Yakutat Bay (northwest side), Alaska. | ||
| hoots Merriam | Clearwater Creek, a north branch of Stikine River, British Columbia. | ||
| sitkensis Merriam | Sitka Islands, Alaska. | ||
| shirasi Merriam | Pybus Bay, Admiralty Island, Alaska. | ||
| nuchek Merriam[2] | Head of Nuchek Bay, Hinchinbrook Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska. | ||
| Gyas group: | |||
| Ursus gyas Merriam | Pavlof Bay, Alaska Peninsula. | ||
| middendorffi Merriam | Kodiak Island, Alaska. | ||
| Kenaiensis group: | |||
| Ursus kenaiensis Merriam | Cape Elizabeth, extreme west end Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. | ||
| sheldoni Merriam | Montague Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska. | ||
| Vetularctos genus nobis (pp. 131-133, ‘North American Fauna, No. 41’): | |||
| Vetularctos inopinatus nobis | Rendezvous Lake, northeast of Fort Anderson, Mackenzie.” | ||
FOOTNOTES:
[1] “Nearly 130 years ago Prof. Zauschner proposed the name Ursus saribur for an animal ‘from the region of Canada’ (Bestimmung der Hundsart Krokute, und der Bärenart Saribur, p. 8, 1788), but the species appears to be impossible of identification.”
[2] “Reference to group provisional.”