Kodiak bear

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The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear and sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. It is one of the largest recognized subspecies or population of the brown bear, and one of the two largest kinds of bears alive today, the other being the polar bear. While mostly recognized a subspecies on its own, others consider it just an insular population of the grizzly bear subspecies. Physiologically and physically, the Kodiak bear is very similar to the other brown bear subspecies, such as the mainland grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) and the extinct California grizzly bear (U. a. californicus), with the main difference being size, as Kodiak bears are on average 1.5 to 2 times larger than their cousins. Despite this large variation in size, the diet and lifestyle of the Kodiak bear do not differ greatly from those of other brown bears. Kodiak bears have interacted with humans for centuries, especially...

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