brown bear

noun

|Updated on: 31 Jul 2018

Definition of brown bear

: any of several chiefly brown bears that are usually considered a single species (Ursus arctos), that formerly inhabited western North America from Alaska to northern Mexico and much of Europe and Asia but are now much restricted in range, and that include the grizzly bear and Kodiak bear

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The researchers studied eight different meat-eating animals, looking at the ferret, banded mongoose, raccoon, domestic cat, domestic dog, striped hyena, lion, and brown bear.

— elly belle, Teen Vogue, "Study Says Dogs Are Actually Smarter Than Cats," 18 June 2018
Only three out of 10 of the brown bears will stay in just one country.

— kim hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, "Border walls aim to keep out migrants, but also threaten bears, deer, other wildlife," 24 May 2018
While two brown bear teenagers kept their distance farther downstream, two black bears suddenly appeared on our side of the creek at the edges of our deck.

— david g. molyneaux, miamiherald, "You want Alaska up close and wild? Watch out for hungry bears and calving glaciers | Miami Herald," 12 May 2018
That’s equivalent to the size of three brown bears.

— kristin balderas, Philly.com, "How the giant free hoagie from Wawa Hoagie Day gets made," 28 June 2018
The body of hiker Michael Soltis was discovered Wednesday after a member of a search party suffered a leg injury when a brown bear attacked.

— ryan miller, USA TODAY, "'Aggressive' bear likely killed Alaskan hiker and mauled search party member, police say," 20 June 2018
Moreover, it was found that brown bears and cats had the the same number of cortical neurons.

— elly belle, Teen Vogue, "Study Says Dogs Are Actually Smarter Than Cats," 18 June 2018
The number of brown bears here can average nearly one per square mile.

— christopher solomon, Outside Online, "Op-Ed: Alaska’s Pebble Mine Somehow Just Got Worse," 11 June 2018
Simply put, McNeil is the largest seasonal congregation of the largest brown bears on earth.

— christopher solomon, Outside Online, "Op-Ed: Alaska’s Pebble Mine Somehow Just Got Worse," 11 June 2018

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