Stickeen brown bear

Stickeen brown bear

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]

Special Concern (COSEWIC)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species:
U. arctos
Subspecies:
U. a. stikeenensis
Trinomial name
Ursus arctos stikeenensis

The Stickeen brown bear (Ursus arctos stikeenensis), also known as Stikine brown bear, is a large North American brown bear that is most commonly dark brown in color but can also range from blonde to black, featuring a distinctive hump on its shoulders and a slightly dished profile to the face.

  1. ^ Cannings, S.G.; Hammerson, G. (2022-07-25). "Ursus arctos". NatureServe Explorer. British Columbia=S3
  2. ^ "Grizzly bear assessment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-15.
  3. ^ "Stikine Brown Bear - Ursus arctos stikeenensis". observation.org. Retrieved 2017-12-30.[permanent dead link]