Kamchatka Brown Bear

Taxobox
name = Kamchatka Brown Bear
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
subordo = Caniformia
familia = Ursidae
genus = Ursus
species = Ursus arctos
subspecies = "U. a. beringianus"
trinomial = "Ursus arctos beringianus"
trinomial_authority =The Kamchatka Brown Bear ("Ursus arctos beringianus"), also known as the Far Eastern Brown Bear is a subspecies of the Brown Bear "(Ursus arctos)", native to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Karaginskiy Island, and northward throughout the Koryak Autonomous District. It is also found in the coastal strip west of the Sea of Okhotsk and east of the coastal mountains as far south as Uda bay, on the Shantar Islands and the northern Kuril Islands.

Description

This subspecies is physically very similar to the Kodiak bears of Alaska, though tending to be darker in colour and smaller. It has a broad forehead which is rather steeply elevated over a relatively short muzzle. Though dark furred specimens predominate, fur color can vary from blackish-brown to pale yellow. The claws tend to be dark brown, with light yellow tips, and are up to four inches (100 mm) in length. Head and body length is up to 9 feet (275 cm), tail length 6-1/2 to 8-1/2 inches (16.5 to 21.6 cm), shoulder height 50-53 inches (127 to 135 cm). The Kamchatka brown bear is one of the world's largest brown bear subspecies, weighing nearly three quarters of a ton. The largest specimens are located in Kamchatka and on the Shantar islands. Like its Alaskan cousins, the Kamchatka brown bear grows large due to its protein-rich diet of spawning fish in coastal rivers, and from the comparatively mild climate that allows it a shorter hibernation period. [ [http://www.russianbearhunt.com/ Brown Bear Hunting in Russia ] ]

Diet

The Kamchatka brown bear's diet consists of salmon [ [http://www.kamchatkapeninsula.com/bear.html Kamchatka Brown Bear] at kamchatkapeninsula.com] .

External links

* [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/russia.bears.ap/index.html Bear pack kills 2 Russian miners] CNN July 23, 2008
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,390048,00.html Russian Miners Too Terrified to Work After Bears Eat 2 Colleagues]

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