Ralph Maughan’s Wildlife News reports that Maximus, an 800-pound grizzly bear thought to be Montana’s second largest, was illegally killed recently.
The poacher shot the bear about four weeks ago. A reward has been offered for information leading to the capture of the poacher.
Can you tell a grizzly from a brown bear? Chart from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Update, 1-30-2010: The chart linked to above has disappeared in a website redesign. Below is a crude representation of the chart I made from a U.S. Fish and Wildlife information sheet on grizzlies, here.
How to tell a grizzly from a black (.pdf download)
Grizzly bear/black bear identification chart, adapted from USFWS by Ed Darrell, Millard Fillmore's Bathtub
Marc,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services has the chart as part of a .pdf, here:
http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/grizzly/black_bear_hunters.pdf
Hi,
Is there anybody out there that has the grizzly/brown bear chart?? I’ve been looking for it, but can’t find it anymore. Please help!!
Thanks,
Marc
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Angelina…
“Can you tell a grizzly from a brown bear?”
No, cause they’re the same thing.