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# Brown bear

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A Brown Bear.
A Grizzly Bear.
A Kodiak Bear.
A Syrian Brown Bear.

A Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear.

Brown bears can weigh 130–700 kg (300–1500 pounds).

## [edit] Taxonomy

There are several Brown Bear subspecies.

- Species Ursus arctos
  - European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
  - Siberian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus); Siberia
  - Golden Bear (Ursus arctos californicus) †
  - Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri) †
  - Gobi Bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis); Mongolia
  - Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis); Canada and United States
  - Himalayan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus); Nepal and North India
  - Carpathian Bear (Ursus arctos formicarius)
  - Marsican Bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus); Central Italy
  - Kodiak Bear or Alaskan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi); Kodiak, Afognak, Suyak, Admiralty, Chicagof, Baranof Islands (Alaska), plus other islands in southeastern Alaska and along the mainland coast of southeastern Alaska
  - Mexican Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos nelsoni) †
  - Tibetan Blue Bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus); Western China
  - Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus); Middle East
  - Hokkaido Brown Bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis); Japan

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