Ursus arctos
The brown bear goes also by the name grizzly bear, especially in the USA. Bears are omnivorous, not strictly carnivorous, as the name of their order implies.
The above picture was taken at Pittsburgh zoo, in August 2002.
Family Ursidae
Superfamily Canoidea
Order Carnivora
Subclass Eutheria
Class Mammalia
Subphylum Vertebrata
Phylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Life on Earth
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