English: Wild bear at Shiretoko
日本語: 野生の熊（ルシャ湾）
Date 9 August 2009
Author Captain76 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Captain76
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The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus), also known as the black grizzly is a population of the brown bear (Ursus arctos). One of the largest brown bears, Ussuri brown bears approach the Kodiak brown bear in size. The Ussuri brown bear is found in the Ussuri krai, Sakhalin, the Amur Oblast, northward to the Shantar Islands, Iturup Island, northeastern China, the Korean peninsula, Hokkaidō and Kunashiri Island.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: Ursus arctos
Subspecies: Ursus arctos lasiotus Gray, 1867
Synonyms:
Ursus arctos baikalensis Ognev, 1924
Ursus arctos cavifrons (Heude, 1901)
Ursus arctos ferox Temminck, 1844
Ursus arctos macneilli Lydekker, 1909
Ursus arctos melanarctos Heude, 1898
Ursus arctos yesoensis Lydekker, 1897