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Kadiak Bear
- Length
- Skin, 10 feet. Skull, 15 inches.
- Description
- Largest of the American bears. Colour similar to the grizzly but skull presenting many points of difference.
- Range
- Kadiak Island.
This enormous bear and the allied Yakutat and Sitkan bears are restricted to Alaska and adjacent islands. They present differences of structure from both the grizzlies and black bears and are larger than either.
Species and Varieties of Brown Bears
1. Kadiak Bear. Ursus middendorff Merriam. Range and description as above.
2. Yakutat Bear. Ursus dalli Merriam. Frontal region of skull flattened instead of arched. Range. Yakutat Bay, Alaska.
3. Pavlof Bear. Ursus dalli gyas Merriam. Much larger than the last. Range. Pavlof Bay, Alaskan Peninsula.
4. Sitka Bear. Ursus sitkensis Merriam. Rather smaller than the Yakutat bear but structure of teeth different from any of the above and approaching the black bears. Range Sitkan coast region, Alaska.
5. Kidder's Bear. Ursus kidderi Merriam. Allied to the Yakutat bear, but smaller, with smaller teeth. Range. Alaskan Peninsula.