Mexican grizzly bear

The Mexican grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is an extinct population of the Brown bear. All grizzly bears are brown bears. Only the notable distinctions of this population from other populations are discussed here. The holotype was shot by H. A. Cluff at Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua in 1899. The extinct California grizzly extended slightly south into Baja California Norte. The bears in Durango, Chihuahua, and Sonora and central Mexico were likely more related to the bears of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas than to those of California.

Mexican grizzly bear

The Mexican grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is an extinct population of the Brown bear. All grizzly bears are brown bears. Only the notable distinctions of this population from other populations are discussed here. The holotype was shot by H. A. Cluff at Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua in 1899. The extinct California grizzly extended slightly south into Baja California Norte. The bears in Durango, Chihuahua, and Sonora and central Mexico were likely more related to the bears of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas than to those of California.