Common Name: Grizzly Bear

Scientific Name: Ursus arctos

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

• The Grizzly Bear is a North american subspecies of the Brown Bear.

• These bears are powerful top-of-the-food-chain, predators, yet much of their diet consists of nuts, berries, fruit, leaves, and roots.  Bears also eat other animals, from rodents to moose.

• Despite their impressive size, grizzlies are quite fast and have been clocked at 30 miles (48 kilometers) an hour.  They can be dangerous to humans, particularly if surprised or if humans come between a mother and her cubs.

• Brown bears dig dens for winter hibernation, often holing up in a suitable-looking hillside.  Femailes give birth during this winter rest and their offspring are often twins.
  

Currently at ZooMontana:

Bruno – Male Born (est) 2000

Ozzy - Male

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