Golden bear

California grizzly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ursus Species: arctos Subspecies: californicus
Trinomial name
Ursus arctos californicus

The California golden bear (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct subspecies of grizzly bear. California grizzly bears disappeared from the state of California in 1922 when the last one was shot in Tulare County, California

The Golden Bear can be seen on the state flag of California and as the mascot of the sports teams of the University of California, Berkeley.

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