Kodiak bear
SUBSPECIES OF BROWN BEAR
Alaskan Brown Bear; Kodiac bear; Ursus arctos middendorffi; Alaskan brown bear; Kodiak brown bear; Kodiac bears; Kodiak bears; Ursus arctos middendorffii; Kodiak Bear; Alaskan grizzly bear
The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. It is the largest recognized subspecies or population of the brown bear, and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear.