Despite being depicted on California’s flag, the California grizzly bear has been extinct since 1924.

California grizzly bear For the University of California, Berkeley mascot, see California Golden Bears. The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct population or subspecies of the brown bear, generally known (together with other North American brown bear populations) as the grizzly bear. “Grizzly” could have meant “grizzled” – that is, with golden […]

Despite being depicted on California’s flag, the California grizzly bear has been extinct since 1924. Read More »