California grizzly bear
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The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct population or subspecies of the brown bear.[2]
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California grizzly bear | |
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Specimen at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Genus: | Ursus |
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Subspecies: | †U. a. californicus |
Trinomial name | |
†Ursus arctos californicus Merriam 1896 [1] | |
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The California grizzly bear was much like the Kodiak bear of the southern coast of Alaska.
The grizzly became a symbol of the Bear Flag Republic.[3]