Kermode bear

phylum	Chordata	The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), also known as the "spirit bear" (particularly in British Columbia), is a rare subspecies of the American black bear living in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. It is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia. It is noted for about 1⁄10 of their population having white or cream-coloured coats like polar bears. This colour is due to a double recessive gene unique in the subspecies. They are not albinos and not any more related to polar bears or the "blonde" brown bears of Alaska's "ABC Islands" than other members of their species. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Bears
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia
family	Ursidae
genus	Ursus
species	U. americanus
subspecies	U. a. kermodei

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  Safari 100045 Kermode Bear