California grizzly bear facts for kids
Quick facts for kids California grizzly bear |
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Specimen at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Genus: | Ursus |
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†U. a. californicus
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Ursus arctos californicus Merriam 1896
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The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct population or subspecies of the brown bear.
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.
Images for kids
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Monarch, a preserved specimen, on display at the California Academy of Sciences
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