The grizzly bear is any North American subspecies of the brown bear, including the mainland grizzly, the Kodiak bear, the peninsular grizzly and the recently extinct California grizzly and Mexican grizzly bear. Specialists sometimes call the grizzly the North American brown bear because the grizzly and the brown bear are one species on two continents. The grizzly is nicknamed the silvertip bear for the silvery, grizzled sheen in its fur. Since the mainland grizzly is so widespread, it is representative and archetypal for the whole subspecific group. Source
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