OutdoorHub Quiz: Can You Identify These Bear Subspecies?
OutdoorHub Quiz: Can You Identify These Bear Subspecies?
We know them mostly as black bears, brown bears, polar bears and panda bears, but did you know that there are also dozens of subspecies? If you did, try your knowledge against our quiz!
We know them mostly as black bears, brown bears, polar bears and panda bears, but did you know that there are also dozens of subspecies? If you did, try your knowledge against our quiz!
Its scientific name is Ursus arctos horribilis.
Its scientific name is Ursus americanus pugnax and was actually named by an ornithologist.
This subspecies ties the polar bear for the largest in size.
This subspecies was first identified by zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller in 1900. There are about 32,000 of these animals left in the wild.
The USFWS recently proposed taking this bear off the list of threatened and endangered species. It was also the subspecies that gave Theodore Roosevelt his nickname.
Many believe this isn't a true subspecies at all and instead is simply just a color phase.
Despite only a small percentage of these bears having white coats, they have come to be known as ghost bears.
If you can't guess what this bear is, you're going to have a hard time on the rest of this quiz.
This subspecies was first identified in 1903 by American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot. These bears can be found in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California.
This bear is also known as the blue bear and can be found in southeastern Alaska.