---
title: "Brown Bear"
description: "Ursus arctos — Mammiferi. The brown bear is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-bear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Bear

> Ursus arctos — Mammiferi. The brown bear is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.

- Scientific name: *Ursus arctos*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici)
- iNaturalist observations: 22148
- Wikidata: [Q36341](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36341)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41641](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41641)

## Names

- en: Brown Bear
- de: Braunbär
- es: Oso Pardo
- fr: Ours brun
- nl: Bruine beer
- pt: Urso-pardo
- pl: Niedźwiedź brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

US (7687), CA (3085), RU (2316), RO (1202), ES (497), SK (300), SI (288), IT (255), FI (235), JP (122), PL (113), GR (107)

## Summary

The brown bear is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America. Of the land carnivorans, it is rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly bigger on average. The brown bear is a sexually dimorphic species, as adult males are larger and more compactly built than females. The fur ranges in color from cream to reddish to dark brown. It has evolved large hump muscles, unique among bears, and paws up to 21 cm (8.3 in) wide and 36 cm (14 in) long, to effectively dig through dirt. Its teeth are similar to those of other bears…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear

## Photo

![Brown Bear](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-bear/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Blewden · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/365011305

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-bear?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).