Bear Size ~

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(11-14-2019, 06:29 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote:

(11-04-2019, 12:00 AM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Of the bears of the present age (Holocene), in terms of maximum reported weights (but not necessarily in terms of breadth of skull), the 3 biggest that I can think of, with maximum reported weights of approximately 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs), are: 

* Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos): https://www.pinterest.com/pin/841328774117008579/

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* Californian grizzly (Ursus arctos) (reportedly extinct since 1924): https://www.vchistory.org/exhibits/grizzly-bear/, https://www.yelp.com/biz/valley-center-h...ley-center

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* Polar bear (Ursus maritimus); credit: M. Watson

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White sow near Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska; credit: Alan Wilson

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For the breadth of skull, see the information on the Kamchatka brown bear, apparently the largest of the Eurasian brown bears: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-russian...1#pid94501

Not apparently. Kamchatka bears are largest brown bears of Eurasia. As Kodiak bears and bears of Alaskan peninsula are largest bears of North-America. These three populations are in their own league when talking about big bears. When talking about bears living in forests of north, no matter if Eurasia or North-America, differences between populations and subspecies are marginal. So what comes to size, these bears are basically in two groups, coastal brown bears (Kodiak islands + Kamchatka and Alaskan peninsula) with access to salmon rivers and in another group brown bears with no access to salmon rivers.

There is no question about it, that where biggest bears live, question is about it, that how big are the biggest ones etc. So some skull comparison between Kamchatka and other brown bears in Eurasia isn´t needed to figure out where the biggest bears are, that is very common knowledge and mentioned here in many threads before many many times. Of course such comparison can be interesting to see the difference in average, between biggest individuals etc. 

But there is no need to say "apparently" about self evident matters :) You can say without any need to worry, that biggest bears of Eurasia live at Kamchatka peninsula. Reply