ABC Islands bear

ABC Islands bear
At the Bronx Zoo

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1] (ABC Islands)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Family:
Ursidae
Genus:
Ursus
Species:
U. arctos × U. maritimus
Subspecies:
U. a. sitkensis
Trinomial name
Ursus arctos sitkensis
Merriam, 1896

The ABC Islands bear or Sitka brown bear (Ursus arctos sitkensis) is a subspecies or population of brown bear that resides in Southeast Alaska and is found on Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island in Alaska (colloquially known as the ABC Islands), and a part of the Alexander Archipelago. It has a unique genetic structure that relates them not only to brown bears, but also to polar bears.[2] Its habitat exists within the Tongass National Forest, which is part of the perhumid rainforest zone.

  1. ^ "IUCN Brown Bear subspecies status". Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Stephens, Tim (March 14, 2013). "DNA Study Clarifies Relationship Between Polar Bears and Brown Bears". University of California, Santa Cruz Newscenter. Retrieved 2017-08-01.