Ussuri brown bear
| Ussuri brown bear | |
|---|---|
| At the Noboribetsu Bear Park in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | U. a. lasiotus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ursus arctos lasiotus Gray, 1867 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
baikalensis Ognev, 1924 | |
The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the Ezo brown bear, Russian grizzly bear, or the black grizzly bear, is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear (U. a. arctos). One of the largest brown bears, a very large Ussuri brown bear may approach the Kodiak bear in size. It is not to be confused with the North American grizzly bear.