Stickeen brown bear

Subspecies of carnivore

Stickeen brown bear

Conservation status
Vulnerable (NatureServe)^[1]
Special Concern (COSEWIC)^[2]
Scientific 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* Merriam, 1914^[3]

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.

Description

With long front claws, an adult male typically weighs between 135 and 390 kg (298 and 860 lb), and an adult female between 95 and 205 kg (209 and 452 lb), and have shoulders between 90 and 110 cm (35 and 43 in). However, the size varies depending upon the amount of food.^[4]

References

^ "Ursus arctos". explorer.natureserve.org. British Columbia=S3
^ "Grizzly bear assessment" (PDF).
^ "Stikine Brown Bear - Ursus arctos stikeenensis". observation.org. Retrieved 2017-12-30.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Stickeen brown bear – Bear Conservation". www.bearconservation.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

Brown bear subspecies or populations

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: arctos

Old World

†Atlas bear (U. a. crowtheri)
†Steppe brown bear (U. a. priscus)

Eurasian brown bear
(provisionally
U. a. arctos)

In Asia	Kamchatkan brown bear (provisionally U. a. beringianus) East Siberian brown bear (provisionally U. a. collaris) Gobi bear (provisionally U. a. gobiensis) Himalayan brown bear (provisionally U. a. isabellinus) Ussuri brown bear (provisionally U. a. lasiotus) Syrian brown bear (provisionally U. a. syriacus) Tibetan blue bear (provisionally U. a. pruinosus)
In Europe	Marsican brown bear (provisionally U. a. marsicanus) Cantabrian brown bear (formerly U. a. pyrenaicus)

New World

Grizzly bear
(provisionally
U. a. horribilis)

†California grizzly bear (provisionally U. a. californicus)
†Mexican grizzly bear (formerly U. a. nelsoni)

In Alaska	Dall Island brown bear (formerly U. a. dalli) Peninsular giant bear (provisionally U. a. gyas) Kodiak bear (provisionally U. a. middendorffi) Sitka brown bear (provisionally U. a. sitkensis; hybrid)^[a]
In Canada	Stickeen brown bear (provisionally U. a. stikeenensis) †Ungava brown bear (formerly U. a. ungavaesis)