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Grizzly bear
Grizzly bears once lived across much of western North America until European settlements and aggressive hunting eliminated most of the population.
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK
COMMON NAME: Grizzly bears
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ursus arctos horribilis
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Omnivore
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 25 years
SIZE: Five to eight feet
WEIGHT: 800 pounds
SIZE RELATIVE TO A 6-FT MAN:
IUCN RED LIST STATUS:? Least concern
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CURRENT POPULATION TREND: Stable
What is the grizzly bear?
The grizzly bear is a North American subspecies of the brown bear. Grizzlies are typically brown, though their fur can appear to be white-tipped, or grizzled, lending them their name. Grizzly bears are protected by law in the continental United States—not in Alaska—though there have been some controversial attempts to remove those protections in recent years.
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