Grizzly bear

Grizzly bear
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Genus:	Ursus
Species:	U. arctos ssp.
Binomial name
Ursus arctos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies included
U. a. horribilis U. a. californicus† U. a. dalli U. a. gyas U. a. ungavaesis† U. a. middendorffi U. a. nelsoni† U. a. sitkensis U. a. stikeenensis
Historic and present range

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a large population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.