Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) Title: Kodiac Bears, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois
Subjects: Galleries & museums
Places: Illinois > Cook (county) > Chicago
Notes: Title from item.
Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Accession #: 06_10_013423
Date between circa 1930 and circa 1945
Source Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection #65904
Author Tichnor Brothers, Publisher
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kodiac_Bears,_Brookfield_Zoo,_Chicago,_Illinois_(65904).jpg
The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. It is the largest recognized subspecies of brown bear.