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Grizzly bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
54.55, -126.7
Field Notes
Description:
The word "grizzly" in its name refers to "grizzled" or grey hairs in its fur, but when naturalist George Ord formally named the bear in 1815, he misunderstood the word as "grisly", to produce its biological Latin specific name "horribilis".
Most female grizzlies weigh 330–770 lb while males weigh on average 510–990 lb. Newborn bears may weigh less than 1 lb.
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