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1. Inhabiting a group of islands in Alaska, this is the largest brown bear subspecies weighing up to 1,500 pounds.
2. Sharing its name with the fifth largest desert on Earth, this brown bear subspecies was classified as critically endangered in 2016 with only 20 adults remaining in the wild.
3. Possibly inspiring the legend of the Yeti, this brown bear subspecies resides in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Tibet.
4. Also called the silvertip bear, in 1805 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark wrote about this brown bear subspecies that has a bite powerful enough to crush a bowling ball.
5. The national animal of Finland, this brown bear subspecies has a wide distribution in spite of being hunted extensively in Britain and used in the Roman Colosseum.
6. The continent of Africa had only one native bear survive into the 1800s. Declared extinct in the 1870s, this brown bear subspecies was last seen in the mountains of northern Morocco.
7. Most commonly found on the island of Hokkaido, this brown bear subspecies is called the black grizzly and has spiritual significance for the Ainu people.
8. Classified as critically endangered in 2016, this brown bear subspecies weighs up to 440 pounds and primarily lives in Italy's Abruzzo National Park.
9. This brown bear subspecies weighs up to 1,400 pounds and shares its name with a peninsula that has the Sea of Okhotsk to its west and the Pacific Ocean to its east.
10. Native to the Middle East and the Caucasus, this brown bear subspecies is the only known bear to have white claws.
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