Mexican grizzly bear
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| phylum | Chordata | The Mexican grizzly bear (Ursus arctos nelsoni) is a presumed extinct subspecies of the Brown bear. It is named after American naturalist Edward William Nelson who secured a series for the U. S. Biological Survey. The holotype was shot by H. A. Cluff at Colonia Garcia, Chihuahua in 1899.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Carnivora | |
| suborder | Caniformia | |
| family | Ursidae | |
| genus | Ursus | |
| species | U. arctos | |
| subspecies | U. a. nelsoni |
