Stickeen brown bear

Stickeen brown bear

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)

Special Concern (COSEWIC)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species:
Subspecies:
U. a. stikeenensis
Trinomial name
Ursus arctos stikeenensis
Merriam, 1914
Synonyms
  • Ursus tahltanicus Merriam, 1914
  • Ursus pervagor Merriam, 1914
  • Ursus chelan Merriam, 1916
  • Ursus hoots Merriam, 1916
  • Ursus kwakiutl Merriam, 1916
  • Ursus chelidonias Merriam, 1918
  • Ursus atnarko Merriam, 1918
  • Ursus crassodon Merriam, 1918

The Stickeen brown bear (Ursus arctos stikeenensis), also known as Stikine brown bear, is a large North American brown bear that is most commonly dark brown in color but can also range from blonde to black, featuring a distinctive hump on its shoulders and a slightly dished profile to the face. It ranges along the coast of the Pacific Ocean from the southeastern Alaskan panhandle to the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon.