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AMUR BROWN BEAR Ursus arctos lasiotus (Ussuri brown bear, black grizzly) DESCRIPTION & TAXONOMY It is smaller and darker than the Kamchatka brown bear, with a differently shaped skull and much larger teeth. The coat is often almost black in color. The skull is longer and narrower, with especially long nasal bones and it is flatter in profile, being less elevated over the nose. The ears are noticeably hairy. Consists of the following races listed by various authorities: lasiotus (northern China), cavifrons (northwestern Manchuria), mandchuricus (Primorsky Krai), jessoensis (Sakhalin), yesoensis (Hokkaido), and melanarctos (Hokkaido). The record bear, obtained in Khabarovsk region scored 27.6 inches. DISTRIBUTION Russia: Southern Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Maritime Territory, and the Ussuri/Amur river region south of the Stanovoy Range. China: Northeastern Heilongjiang. Japan: Hokkaido.
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LARGEST HUNTER-TAKEN GRIZZLY ENTERS BOONE AND CROCKETT RECORDS FRIDAY, MAY 02, 2014  *This image is copyright of its original author The largest grizzly bear ever taken by a hunter has been entered into Boone and Crockett records.The big bruin, taken in 2013 near Fairbanks, Alaska, scores 27-6/16. It missed the World's Record mark by 7/16 of an inch but landed a spot as the second-largest grizzly ever recorded. The reigning World's Record is a skull found in Alaska in 1976. Bears are scored based on skull length and width measurements. Conservationists use Boone and Crockett trophy data to gauge outstanding habitat, strong recruitment of game animals into older age classes, sustainable harvest objectives and other elements of sound wildlife management and fair-chase hunting. Grizzlies are symbols of our willingness to accommodate large predators and wilderness, but hunter Larry Fitzgerald of Fairbanks found his trophy boar in a location that seems counterintuitive. "One would think that a relatively accessible area, with liberal bear hunting regulations to keep populations in line with available habitat and food, would be the last place to find one of the largest grizzly bears on record," said Richard Hale, chairman of the Boone and Crockett Club's Records of North American Big Game committee. Hale said the area is being managed for an overpopulation of grizzlies. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game liberalized hunting regulations to help balance and control bear predation on moose. Baiting is allowed although Fitzgerald stalked his trophy. "Grizzly populations are doing well across all their ranges. That includes populations in the Lower 48 states that are currently federally protected under the Endangered Species Act, but will soon be up for delisting and management authority turned over to the watchful eye of state wildlife managers," said Hale. Hale added that Boone and Crockett Club recognizes found or picked-up trophies, like the reigning World's Record grizzly which scores 27-13/16, alongside hunter-taken trophies because all are useful for documenting historic conservation successes.
According to posts 159 and 160, the record Amur brown bear ( Ussuri brown bear ) scored 27.6 while the record American grizzly scored 27 13/16. Pretty much the same sized bear.
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The Bear Almanac by Gary Brown - North American Brown/Grizzly Bear Weights ( Heaviest ) ... ( pounds ).
Alaska - 2,500 Wyoming - 1,120 Yukon - 948 British Columbia - 800+ Montana - 790 Idaho - 550 Northwest Territories - 528 North American Polar Bear Weights ( Heaviest ) Undetermined location - 2,210 Northwest Territories/Nunavut - 1,780 Newfoundland/Labredor - 1,768 Manitoba - 1,549 Ontario - 1,350
The Bear Almanac by Gary Brown - Adult Male Average Height and Length measured in feet.
American Black Bear - height from 2 to 3.3 ... length from 4 to 6.5 Asiatic Black Bear - height from 2.6 to 3.3 ... length from 5 to 7 Andean Bear - height from 2.3 to 3 feet ... length from 4.3 to 7.8 Sun Bear - height 2.3 ... length from 3 to 4.5 Sloth Bear - height from 2 to 3 ... length from 5 to 6 Giant Panda - height from 2.3 to 2.75 ... length from 4.9 to 6.5 Brown Bear - height from 3 to 5 ... length from 5 to 10 Polar Bear - height up to 5.3 ... length from 8 to 8.4
The Bear Almanac by Gary Brown - Heaviest Recorded Weights ( pounds ) American Black Bear:
Alabama - 426 Alaska - 800+ Arizona - 350 Arkansas - 600 California - 630 Colorado - ? Connecticut - 200+ Florida - 635 Georgia - 581 Idaho - ? Kentucky - 435 Louisiana - ? Maine - 680 Maryland - 615 Massachusetts - 467 Michigan - 615 Minnesota - 876 Mississippi - 420 Missouri - 400 Montana - ? Nevada - 660 New Hampshire - 532 New Jersey - 582 New Mexico - ? New York - 759 North Carolina - 880 North Dakota - ? Ohio - 380 Oklahoma - 525 Oregon - 456 Pennsylvania - 864 Rhode Island - ? South Carolina - 594 Tennessee - 586 Texas - 570 Utah - 500+ Vermont - 514 Virginia - 740 Washington - ? West Virginia - 485 Wisconsin - 802.5 Wyoming - ?
Post #164 continued - Canada and Mexico:
Mexico - 350 Alberta - ? British Columbia - ? Manitoba - 888 New Brunswick - 690 Newfoundland / Labrador - 496 Northwest Territories - ? Nova Scotia - ? Nunavut - ? Ontario - 825 Quebec - 690 Saskatchewan - ? Yukon - 940
Post #162 gives us a record weight of an Alaskan Brown Bear of 2,500 pounds. This is about 900 pounds above the actual record of a Kodiak Brown Bear killed in the wild. There have been some unconfirmed weights given for captive Kodiaks above the one-ton mark however ... Clyde and Goliath.
California Grizzly - 1955.
The grizzly always appears larger than he really is. The average weight is between three hundred and fifty and six hundred pounds; males weigh a fourth more than females. Few grizzlies weigh more than seven hundred pounds, though exceptional specimens are known to have weighed more than one thousand... It may be that years ago, when not so closely hunted, the grizzly lived longer and grew to a larger size... 
I remember some old articles and some posters from AvA/ShaggyBoard/CarnivoraForum forums stating that the California grizzly produced plenty of giant specimens all more than 1000 pounds in size, vastly unlike grizzlies of other areas.
Could this be because of the vast, huge abundance of large prey (mountain sheep/large deer/bison), and the fact that American brown bears were more predatory back then? Kodiak bears become large because of winning intraspecific fights (with their already good genes) among rival males, thus acquiring all of the food routes and areas (most notably, salmon). But the California grizzly seems more of a mystery; it seems as if rival males barely fought with each other unlike their other brown bear cousins. Ancient California looked like the perfect hospitable place for large animals, for sure!
Grizzlies have always been omnivores, but according to historical accounts, they appear to have been more predatory in the past when large prey animals were more abundant and the bears had far less fear of man. Also, according to the book "California Grizzly" those who lived in the more southerly regions spent little if any time in hibernation. But yes, the Sierra Nevada region appears to have produced some huge grizzlies.
Evidence for the greater predatory habits of ancient brown bears isn't only located in true anecdotes, but also in physical evidence.
There have been reports of bear-bones, dated two centuries ago, that have a higher concentration of nitrogen: nitrogen-15. N-15 is found in high amounts in carnivores/meat-eating animals, regardless of species. So it is a proven fact that bears were more carnivorous back then without major human intervention. But like the situation with Bengal Tigers, how do we really know that brown bears are getting smaller (polar bears sure are)? Bengal tigers in some populations were smaller at the turn of the 20th century, and now they are larger in the same areas. Vice versa in other populations of tigers. Some brown bear populations have stayed the same size; namely the Rockies, Inland tundra, Kodiak, and Gobi grizzlies. Some populations have grew larger; Alberta, Northwest Pacific, and Scandinavian grizzlies. Some populations grew smaller; the Siberian, Californian, Mexican, and mainland European grizzlies. Notice that the brown bears that became smaller lived in vast and diverse environments with plenty of prey, not just in number of prey but in the size of prey as well. The ones who grew larger or stayed the same size didn't have the same prey situation or geographical diversity. Tigers grow largest in marshlands, and lands that have forests, grasslands, and marshes combined; diversity of prey and geography. Coincidence? Not at all.
The book 'California Grizzly' tells of some huge grizzly bears of the Sierra Nevada. Monarch, possibly the last California grizzly to see the light of day, is mounted in a museum in San Francisco. Quoted from the book: In all, Monarch lived nearly twenty-two years in San Francisco and was a continuing attraction to thousands of visitors in Golden Gate Park. By May, 1911, he had become decrepit and was killed. His skin was mounted by Vernon Shephard, a San Francisco taxidermist, who used much of the skull in the preparation. The skeleton was buried but was later recovered, cleaned, and placed in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley ( no. 24537 ). Shephard, on January 11, 1912, gave from memory the following measurements of Monarch: weight, 1,127 pounds; tip of nose to end of tail, 7 ft. 4 in.; height at shoulder, 48 inches; pads of feet: front, 14 in. long by 7 in. wide; hind, 12 by 6 in.; girth of neck just behind ears, 46 in. ( Grinnell et. al., 1937 : 89-90 ). The mounted specimen, all too adequately stuffed in 1952 measured: total length, 7 ft. 8 1/2 in.; height at shoulders, 3 ft. 5 3/4 in.; longest foreclaw around outer curve, nearly 5 in.; length of hair on back, about 2 in.
The stuffed "Monarch" was exhibited in the Natural History Department of the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco for many years, then was relegated to storage behind the scenes. In October, 1953, the specimen was transferred to the California Academy of Sciences ( no. 10471 ). Thus, appropriately, the last captive California grizzly is in the keeping of the oldest scientific organization in the state.
I've heard about Monarch the Californian Grizzly. Isn't he the one that fought off several lions and Californian bulls? (Not Parnell the Grizzly.)
Here is the display of him. He's massive! |
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