Ussuri brown bear
| Ussuri brown bear | |
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| At the Noboribetsu Bear Park in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Ursinae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | U. a. lasiotus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ursus arctos lasiotus Gray, 1867
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| Synonyms | |
|
baikalensis Ognev, 1924 | |
The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the Ezo brown bear, or the black grizzly bear, is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear (U. a. arctos). The native range of the bear lies mainly in the Russian Far East, Northeast China, Hokkaido and on some islands in the Sea of Okhotsk. Its name is derived from the Ussuri river. One of the largest brown bears, a very large Ussuri brown bear may approach the Kodiak bear in size. It is related to the North American grizzly bear.