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     The Omnipresent Omnivore
    The Omnipresent Omnivore
    The brown bear is a large and powerful animal that lives in the forests and mountains of northern North America, Europe, and Asia. It is the most widely distributed bear in the world, with about 200,000 individuals in 50 countries.
    Etymology

    The brown bear is sometimes referred to as the bruin, from Middle English. This name originated in the fable History of Reynard the Fox, translated by William Caxton, from the Middle Dutch word bruun or bruyn, meaning "b… See more

    Evolution and taxonomy

    Carl Linnaeus scientifically described the species under the name Ursus arctos in the 1758 edition of Systema Naturae. Brown bear taxonomy and subspecies classification has been described as "formidabl… See more

    Description

    The brown bear is the most variable in size of modern bears. The typical size depends upon which population it is from, as most accepted subtypes vary widely in size. This is in part due to sexual dimorphism, as male brown bear… See more

    Distribution and habitat

    Brown bears inhabit the broadest range of habitats of any living bear species. They seem to have no altitudinal preferences and have been recorded from sea level to an elevation of 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in the Himalayas. … See more

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