Alaska Peninsula brown bear

==Appearance==

==Appearance==

Alaska Peninsula brown bears are among the largest types of brown bear in the world. They usually measure {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} in length, usually have a shoulder height of about 4 to 4 1/2&nbsp;ft or 1.22 to 1.37 meters (137&nbsp;cm), and a hindfoot length of {{convert|11|in|cm|abbr=on}}. One study found that the average weight for a coastal male was around {{convert|408|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, and {{convert|227|kg|lb|abbr=off}} for a female.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brown Bear|url=http://beartrust.org/brown-bear|website=Bear Trust International|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328123008/https://www.beartrust.org/brown-bear|archive-date=2013-03-28}}</ref> One of the tallest Alaskan brown bears was measured at 2.74 m tall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ourplnt.com/polar-grizzly-kodiak-largest-bear/ |last=Nevres |first=M. Özgür |title=Largest bear in the world: Polar Bear, Grizzly, or Kodiak Bear?|website=Our Planet|date=26 August 2022 }}</ref> An occasional huge male brown has been recorded which greatly exceeds ordinary size, with weights reported up to {{convert|680|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wood |first=G. |title=The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats |publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]] Co. Inc. |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-85112-235-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofan00wood }}</ref> A large coastal male of this size may stand up to {{convert|3|m|ft}} tall on its hind legs, and be up to {{convert|1.5|m|ft}} at the shoulder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kodiak Bear Fact Sheet|url=https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=brownbear.trivia|website=Alaska Department of Fish and Game|access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> The biggest individual on record was shot in 1948 near Cold Bay. Its weight was estimated at {{convert|725|to|771|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. This bear just came out of hibernation and carried little or no fat; that means the animal would have weighed around {{convert|839|kg|lb|abbr=on}} at the end of the summer.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/animalfactsfeats00wood#page/32/mode/2up |title=Animal facts and feats |location=New York |publisher=Sterling Pub. Co. |year=1977|isbn=9780806901046 }}</ref> Although variable from blonde to nearly black, grizzly bear fur is typically brown in color with white tips.<ref>{{citation |url=http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A001 |title=Species Profile: Grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis'') |website=Environmental Conservation Online System |publisher=[[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=2012-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222060503/http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A001 |archive-date=2015-02-22}}</ref> A pronounced hump appears on their shoulders; the hump is a good way to distinguish a black bear from a grizzly bear, as black bears do not have this hump.

Alaska Peninsula brown bears are among the largest types of brown bear in the world. They usually measure {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}} in length, usually have a shoulder height of about 4 to 4 1/2&nbsp;ft or 1.22 to 1.37 meters (137&nbsp;cm), and a hindfoot length of {{convert|11|in|cm|abbr=on}}. One study found that the average weight for a coastal male was around {{convert|408|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, and {{convert|227|kg|lb|abbr=off}} for a female.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brown Bear|url=http://beartrust.org/brown-bear|website=Bear Trust International|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328123008/https://www.beartrust.org/brown-bear|archive-date=2013-03-28}}</ref> One of the tallest Alaskan brown bears was measured at 2.74 m tall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ourplnt.com/polar-grizzly-kodiak-largest-bear/ |last=Nevres |first=M. Özgür |title=Largest bear in the world: Polar Bear, Grizzly, or Kodiak Bear?|website=Our Planet|date=26 August 2022 }}</ref> An occasional huge male brown has been recorded which greatly exceeds ordinary size, with weights reported up to {{convert|680|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wood |first=G. |title=The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats |publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]] Co. Inc. |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-85112-235-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofan00wood }}</ref> A large coastal male of this size may stand up to {{convert|3|m|ft}} tall on its hind legs, and be up to {{convert|1.5|m|ft}} at the shoulder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kodiak Bear Fact Sheet|url=https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=brownbear.trivia|website=Alaska Department of Fish and Game|access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> The biggest individual on record was shot in 1948 near Cold Bay. Its weight was estimated at {{convert|725|to|771|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. This bear just came out of hibernation and carried little or no fat; that means the animal would have weighed around {{convert|839|kg|lb|abbr=on}} at the end of the summer.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/animalfactsfeats00wood#page/32/mode/2up |last=Wood |first=Gerald L. |year=1977 |title=Animal facts and feats |location=New York |publisher=Sterling Pub. Co. |year=1977|isbn=9780806901046 }}</ref> Although variable from blonde to nearly black, grizzly bear fur is typically brown in color with white tips.<ref>{{citation |url=http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A001 |title=Species Profile: Grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis'') |website=Environmental Conservation Online System |publisher=[[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=2012-08-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222060503/http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A001 |archive-date=2015-02-22}}</ref> A pronounced hump appears on their shoulders; the hump is a good way to distinguish a black bear from a grizzly bear, as black bears do not have this hump.

==Diet==

==Diet==