Русский: Syrian brown bear in the Zoo of Haifa, Israel
Date May 2008
Author https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gandvik
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrian_Bear_Haifa_2008_1.jpg

The Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) is a relatively small subspecies of brown bear ((Ursus arctos) native to the Middle East. Within the former Soviet Union, it occurs in Turkmenistan. Outside the ex-USSR,It occurs in Iran, Iraq and Turkey. It is extinct in Israel, and, more recently, in Syria. The Syrian brown bear may still exist in Lebanon.