The Kodiak bear is also a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) just as the grizzly is a brown bear subspecies. However, the Kodiak bear lives only on the islands of the Kodiak ...

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis ... The less threatening black bear can be brown and resemble small grizzly bears. If you don’t see a hump, don’t assume it’s not a grizzly bear!

Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow ...