The Brown bear

The brown bear is a large bear distributed across much of the northern Eurasia and north America.Adult bears generally weigh between 100 and 635 kg.Its largest subspecies, the Kodiac bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family and as the largest land-based predator.There are several recognised subspecies within the brown bear species.In north America, two types of subspecies Ursus Arctos Horribilis are generally recognised-the coastal bear and the inland grizzly bear;these two types broadly define the range of sizes of all brown bear subspecies.An adult grizzly inland in Yokon may weigh as little as 80 kg, while an adult coastal brown bear in nearby coastal Alaska living on a steady, nutritious diet of spawning salmon may weigh as much as 680 kg.The exact number of overall brown subspecies remains in debate.

The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, China,India Canada, the United States (mostly Alaska) and the Carpathian region (mopstly Romania).The brown bear is recognised as a national and state animal in several European countries.it is the most widely distributed of all bears.

 Irene Spanou