mascot of the bear flag republic but reputedly its last brown bear; on display at the California Academy of Sciences
Date 9 March 2005, 22:58:31
Source Flickr
Author Payton from chicago, usa http://flickr.com/photos/41813589@N00
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_the_bear.jpg

The California grizzly (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct subspecies of the grizzly, the very large North American brown bear. "Grizzly" could have meant "grizzled" (that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair) or "fear-inspiring". Less than 75 years after the discovery of gold in 1848, almost every grizzly bear in California had been tracked down and killed.
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: Ursus arctos
Subspecies: Ursus arctos californicus Merriam 1896
Synonyms:
Ursus arctos colusus Merriam, 1914
Ursus arctos henshawi Merriam, 1914
Ursus arctos klamathensis Merriam, 1914
Ursus arctos magister Merriam, 1914
Ursus arctos mendocinensis Merriam, 1916
Ursus arctos tularensis Merriam, 1914