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• Nature - Scientific Reports - The evolutionary history of bears is characterized by gene flow across species
• One Earth - How Kodiak brown bears keep the Alaskan islands healthy
• Movement Ecology - Travel specific resource selection by female Kodiak brown bears during the sockeye salmon spawning season
• AZ Animals - Kodiak Bear
• PNAS - Phenological synchronization disrupts trophic interactions between Kodiak brown bears and salmon
• National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) aggregate and display fidelity to foraging neighborhoods while preying on Pacific salmon along small streams
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Kodiak Brown Bear

Kodiak bear mammal Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: Alaskan brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus gyas, Ursus middendorffi(Show More) Written and fact-checked by Britannica Editors Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Britannica Editors History Britannica AI Ask Anything Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask Anything

Kodiak bear, (subspecies Ursus arctos middendorffi), subspecies of brown bear found only on Kodiak Island and nearby islands off the coast of Alaska. It can weigh up to 720 kg (1,600 pounds) and is the world’s largest bear and the world’s largest land carnivore, titles it shares with the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), which grows to a similar size. Researchers estimate that the Kodiak bear population numbers about 3,500 animals.

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Kodiak bears are sometimes called grizzlies, due to superficial physical similarities with grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis). However, Kodiak bears are larger than grizzly bears, and the ranges of these two subspecies do not overlap. Scientists note that Kodiak bears have been reproductively isolated from grizzlies and other bears for about 12,000 years.

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