Russian Brown Bears

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(04-05-2023, 09:10 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(04-05-2023, 06:59 PM)Apex Titan Wrote: According to Russian biologist & tiger/bear expert, Sergey Kolchin, Ussuri brown bears are not inferior in size to the Kamchatka and Alaskan brown bears:

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Female Ussuri brown bear in Lazovsky Nature Reserve:

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They're large, probably the 2nd largest but their skulls are outsized by Bears from Southern and Southwestern Alaska. 

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Yeah, I know. I also visually noticed that Alaskan brown bears usually have a wider and more massive skull than Ussuri brown bears. Ussuri brown bears, on average, do have larger canines than the brown bears of Alaska though. Probably due to the Ussuri brown bears more predatory nature.

Here's a huge male Ussuri brown bear that easily rivals some of the largest Alaskan and kodiak brown bears in body size; This bear looks very tall at the shoulders:

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