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Post by grrraaahhh on Jul 10, 2010 2:28:42 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Dec 12, 2011 3:59:09 GMT -9
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Post by brotherbear on Dec 13, 2011 11:23:43 GMT -9
I'm not sure about the exact year; but I remember seeing a Mexican grizzly bear on an episode of "Wild Kingdom". The show was actually about jaguars. The appearance of a Mexican grizzly bear took everyone by surprize. It seems like perhaps early 1960s. Worth looking into.
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Post by grrraaahhh on Dec 13, 2011 19:22:20 GMT -9
I'm not sure about the exact year; but I remember seeing a Mexican grizzly bear on an episode of "Wild Kingdom". The show was actually about jaguars. The appearance of a Mexican grizzly bear took everyone by surprize. It seems like perhaps early 1960s. Worth looking into. 
ABSTRACT—Measurements taken on the skull of a bear shot in northern Sonora, Mexico, in 1976 revealed that the skull is from a brown bear (Ursus arctos). The skull appears to be that of a juvenile (sex unknown) and, to our knowledge, represents only the fourth confirmed record of a brown bear from Sonora, although anecdotal accounts exist from the mid-1800s to early 1900s. The present record also establishes that brown bears, considered extirpated from Mexico since the 1960s, were present in Sonora within the past 30 years. Gallo-Reynoso, J.-P., T. Van Devender, A. L. Reina-Guerrero, J. Egido-Villarreal, and E. Pfeiler. 2008. Probable Occurrence of a Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) in Sonora, Mexico, in 1976. Southwestern Naturalist 53(2): 256-260. PDF LINK: www.wildsonora.com/ws/sites/default/files/Grizzly-SWNAT-2008.pdf |
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Post by sarus on May 22, 2012 9:10:02 GMT -9
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Post by sarus on May 22, 2012 9:56:26 GMT -9
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Post by sarus on May 22, 2012 9:59:34 GMT -9
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Post by grrraaahhh on Aug 5, 2012 5:53:32 GMT -9
Source: Merriam, C. Hart. Review of the grizzly and big brown bears of North America (genus Ursus) with description of a new genus, Vetularctos. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Biological Survey, 1918. 136 p. (North American Fauna No. 41.). |
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Post by kiba on Mar 16, 2013 12:00:24 GMT -9
 I scanned this photo from an old mexican encyclopedia, according to it is a mexican silver grizzly. The only info on the pic I could find is that it was taken in a zoo (no info on where, but presumably in Mexico) by a mexican photographer I didn't find any info either. But there are similarities with the other bears in the pictures posted by Sarus and the descriptions about the animal, like the narrow snout, the claws are of similar sizes and the coloration too. |
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Post by grrraaahhh on Mar 16, 2013 17:42:38 GMT -9
Welcome to the forum kiba. I enjoyed your posts.  |
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Post by kiba on Mar 16, 2013 21:28:18 GMT -9
Thank you, I really like this forum and thanks to Ursus arctos, I found about it because of him.
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Post by grrraaahhh on Mar 21, 2013 6:07:59 GMT -9
Primary source details on the photograph from author A.S. Leopold, 1959. The grizzly was taken at Sierra del Nido, Chihuahua, Mexico on October 24, 1955 by hunter Sr. Isasias T. Garcia. The bear measured 1.98 meters from nose to tail and was estimated to weigh 320 kg. |
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