Bear Species and Subspecies

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Mexican Grizzly or Silver Bear ( Ursus arctos nelsoni )... http://www.supergreenme.com/go-green-env...en-In-1964- 
 
About
The extinct Silver Bear
The Latin nomenclature for the Mexican Grizzly is Ursus arctos nelsoni. It was named after Edward William Nelson who was an American naturalist who shot one dead in Mexico in 1899, placing the subspecies further up the list of extinct animals. Mexican Grizzly Bear facts include the fact that this subspecies was one of the heaviest and biggest mammals in Mexico when wildlife flourished there. It weighed about 800 lbs. and grew to a length of nearly six feet. It was similar in every way to the brown bear except it had a distinctive silver-colored fur, leading the natives to call it the Silver Bear.
The Mexican Grizzly Bear was found in the northern territories of Mexico, particularly in the northern savannah and in the mountain forests. It lived on plants, fruit and insects, and also consumed small mammals and sometimes the remains of animals it found as it roamed. Females produced one to three cubs every three years or so. 
 

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