All 15 Extant Subspecies Of Brown Bear - Which Bear Is Best?

The brown bear is possibly the most well known and feared species of bear in the world. The brown bear is found over large parts of the northern hemisphere and it is one of the most common bears in the world. As the brown bear is found over such a large area, it does have quite a few different subspecies. In this video i will be going through all the brown bear subspecies and this includes the brown bears in Eurasia and the brown bears in north America.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Eurasian Brown Bear
1:46 Kamchatkan Brown Bear
2:19 East Siberian Brown Bear
2:51 Gobi Bear
3:38 Himalayan Brown Bear
4:06 Ussuri Brown Bear
4:55 Marsican Brown Bear
5:28 Tibetan Blue Bear
5:55 Cantabrian Brown Bear
6:20 Syrian Brown Bear
7:00 Grizzly Bear
7:46 Kodiak Bear
8:21 Stickeen Brown Bear
8:40 ABC Islands Bear
9:12 Alaska Peninsula Brown Bear
Attributions
Brown bear images:
Tambako The Jaguar
www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Ronald Woan
www.flickr.com/photos/rwoan/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Clément Bardot
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Eurasian brown bear images:
Charles J. Sharp
www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasian brown bear footage:
Jukka Lämsä
/ @jukkalamsa
Kamchatka brown bear images:
Kandukuru Nagarjun
www.flickr.com/photos/nagarjun/
(CC BY 2.0)
lusika33
web.archive.org/web/201610270...
(CC BY 3.0)
East Siberian brown bear images:
Кирилл Уютнов
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gobi bear images:
Christophe cagé
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
daveeza
www.flickr.com/photos/vizpix/...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Dtsoko85
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mongolian Gerbil image:
Alastair Rae
www.flickr.com/photos/merula/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Himalayan brown bear images:
U.S. Embassy Islamabad
www.flickr.com/photos/usembpak/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Zoo Hluboka
commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Himalayan brown bear footage:
Ismail Shariff
/ @snowleopardman
Marsican brown bear images:
Marco Tersigni
www.flickr.com/photos/marcote...
(CC BY 2.0)
Marsican brown bear footage:
Angela Tavone
/ @angelatavone
Cantabrian brown bear images:
neusitas
www.flickr.com/photos/neusita...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Juan lacruz
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cantabrian brown bear footage:
Gonzalo Mucientes
/ @gonzalomucientes
Syrian brown bear images:
Tambako The Jaguar
www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Grizzly bear images:
Martha de Jong-Lantink
www.flickr.com/photos/marthae...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Vahe Martirosyan
www.flickr.com/photos/vahemar...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Kodiak bear images:
Ralph Earlandson
www.flickr.com/photos/ralph_e...
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Stickeen brown bear images:
The Interior
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
ABC Islands bear images:
BronxZooFan
commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Alaska Peninsula brown bear:
Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
www.flickr.com/photos/slobirdr/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: creativecommons.org/licenses/
Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)

[@isaacthemonke233]

If they were still around, we'd also have the Atlas Brown Bear of Northern Africa, as well as the Mexican, Eastern, and California Grizzlies

[@KingKong-dq6kj]

RIP 🫡

[@robertfletcher3421]

Tsuki, great research on this, I did not know there were so many bear subspecies. I have to mention for those who do not know, Corporal Wojtek a Syrian brown bear who was rescued by polish soldiers and served in WWII, Read about him, it shows the incredible intelligence of these animals even though they should live a normal life of a bear.

[@TsukiCove]

Another great story about the Syrian bear was hidden in this video, the Syrian bear release that i showed images of in the video didn't go to plan and the panicked bears started charging the rescuers and press before eventually fleeing.

[@ibrahim-bc1eo]

i've seen the syrian brown bear when i was a kid me and my dad we're vacationing in syria

[@madhab7451]

Really fascinating how so many subspecies have so much overlapping ranges like the 3 subspecies of Far East Russia, the Himalayan and Tibetan bears and the 3 subspecies found in Alaska.

[@TsukiCove]

Yeah that's why it's quite complicated because some don't view certain subspecies as subspecies and the number of subspecies depends on which expert you ask

[@adiatkhan9649]

@@TsukiCove you have a great channel where you dive deep into different species. Will you please talk about all the leopard subspecies? And also why the North China leopard is now the same as Amur leopard?

[@Sienisota]

Forget Panda, protect the Gobi bear! It’s a vegetarian but doesn't just eat one thing, so it’s a step up in the coolness scale of bears.

[@timexyemerald6290]

I think china only really cares about pandas because its their national animal. If it where not. They be grinding those animals up and dry it it and eat it for medicinal purposes into nothing by now.

[@Johnnyvincent12]

Should we forget panda?

[@Sienisota]

@waltuh12 Panda is an evolutionary dead end. It eats only one thing, doesn't mate easily, and accidentally crushes its babies. If humans all disappeared right this second, Panda would go extinct, even it every cage with a Panda on it was open. I have nothing personal against Panda. But the level of effort and funding it has had, and it still can't make it on its own. There are other, now extinct species that, had they received a tiny fraction of funding and manpower that Panda has? Those species would still exist. I simply think that we could save more species if we distributed all those resources elsewhere.

[@Sienisota]

@@Johnnyvincent12 so yeah. Frick Panda. Save Gobi.😈

[@Johnnyvincent12]

@@Sienisota nah, we should protect both from extinction.

[@Barthijzz]

One of the reasons I moved to Romania was the bears. They live around my house!

[@swedishmom]

Our bears are usually living from middle of Swedeand up. They have been spotted in the south of Sweden. I'm glad they run away when they when they smell or hear people!!😟

[@Reclaim.290]

Love your videos

[@TsukiCove]

I'm glad you like them and i'll keep them coming :)

[@AnteGV1950]

I never doubted they came from Croatia!!!thank you for that, I'm from Croatia and i didn't know that!!!

[@kevinosborne8000]

“Hey babe Tsuki just uploaded a new video so I’m going for a walk”

[@DragonFae16]

I never realized there were so many subspecies of the brown bear.

[@Homasrbradley1058]

Keep going with educational videos

[@TsukiCove]

will do :)

[@rayden4561]

love this type of video

[@The-three-eyed-Prophet]

Amazing video !!!

[@kreation2021]

Do all species of crocodilians please?

[@alexallen9640]

Nice video and I have seen Gratizzly, Alaskan, and even Kamchatka Bears in captivity 🙂👍🐻

[@Nirmal-qo8gw]

Cool !!😲😲 neat video Tsuki🙂👍. Interesting subspecies of bear🐻. Very informative once again🙂.

[@troycoley-cn5bb]

Amazing Video :)

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Fantastic Video as always! :) 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤❤ 💖💖

[@MrMkoschi]

If you want to get drunk, drink a sip everytime he says "subspecies"

[@Deeznutz002]

There are many reports of the California golden grizzlies in the mountains of Mexico.

[@jcl2435]

I have never seen a bear other than through a screen, they are amazing animals. I hope one day I can see one.

[@nilanjanachatterjee9023]

Excellent video 😊

[@mjmwise]

Thank you for another excellent video! It was great to see footage and learn some geography of these subspecies.

[@sauraplay2095]

Thank you tsuki for the video! It is so cool that there are so many, but that just means more that have to be protected from us unfortunately.

[@cyborneticstone9756]

I was actually just watching videos about bear attacks, and I was curious about what are the different type that of brown bears around the world, and coincidentally you happen to drop this video in the same day 😂

[@jakewilson4679]

Thank you for increasing the volume of your audio 👍

[@bozoforce]

Quick, every one take a shot every time Tsuki mentions subspecies.

[@whybother5605]

never thought id ever see someone reference the sankebetsu brown bear incident

[@Wild_texas84]

My personal favorite subspecies of brown bear is the gobi bear it’s so fascinating to see how they can live in the extreme conditions of the gobi desert

[@anniehill9909]

And what a tragedy that there are so few left. 😢

[@junktoyota]

My favorite is the short faced and Kodiak bear

[@hellohi1981]

Can you make a video about invasive species in Vietnam please?

[@johntodd3910]

I’m glad you’re feeling better I’m sorry you were sick What video are you gonna upload on Saturday How many videos you make a week

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Ussuri brown bears are even found in Korea, though just in the northern parts of the DPRK, including Chagang Province and the Hamgyong Mountains. Ursaluna from Pokémon Legends: Arceus and the Teal Mask DLC of Scarlet & Violet is based off the Ussuri brown bear. Ussuri brown bears are native to Hokkaido, which is the region Sinnoh/Hisui is based off of. Ursaluna is Ground/Normal, and it being Ground-type is in reference to Kim-un-kamuy, the Ainu god of bears and mountains and the fact that Ussuri brown bears mostly live inside burrows excavated into hillsides. Ursaluna's affinity with peat was inspired by the real distribution of Ussuri brown bears around former coal mines. The Ainu are the indigenous of Hokkaido, and bears are prevalent in Ainu mythology. The Ainu used to do a ritual where they'd keep a cub and treat it well for a year until they'd kill it during a ceremony and eat it to free its spirit so when it reached Kim-un-kamuy, it would tell of the humans' piety in gratitude for this service.

[@wally69696]

So interestering I didn`t know most deez bears existed

[@Bluexd21112]

Bear 🐻

[@klopson9703]

Whole video about my fav animal? Must be my lucky day.

[@flamesniper126]

Saw Kodiak bears in the wild when I lived in Alaska

[@mewmew7630]

I’m so glad I found you at the star of your channel I love how your channel is growing rapidly!

[@user-rz9vb8vj5u]

Great video Here some ideas for your future videos: Less famous species of squirrels in Africa (people think of big fauna when it comes to Africa) less famous species of mongoose. Less famous species of civet/genet. Less famous species of marsupials in South America.

[@Tigerbearwolf8600]

Bears are my favourite animals, thank you for this it means an awful lot, it’s a shame we no longer have bears in the uk.

[@shahnanadu6342]

I have seen a sloth bear in the wild and i was so happy to see it

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Who knew there were so many kinds of brown bear

[@__-be1gk]

So interesting how there's a ton of different endangered species in asia, while in america there's only like 3 or 4 that are all doing well

[@Tactical_Turtwig]

Video suggestion for Arnie: species of squirrel and which is the most fun to chase!

[@TsukiCove]

he'd get too distracted watching the footage haha

[@swimmer8585]

Well that’s debatable. There’s basically two schools of thought

[@dogtoot7633]

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galatica.

[@user-rz9vb8vj5u]

My favorite is Syria brown bear In the past it lived alongside lions, tigers,leopards,cheetah,hyena,wolves,asiatic black bears,dhole West Asia was literally the only place of ice age era.

[@dacisky]

Could you do AU fairy wrens?

[@peterwooldridge7435]

Here's a fun game Drink a shot every time he says 'species'

[@Roog_wut]

Here is a cool story my fav animal is a tebitan blue bear so I set out to find one and after month’s of searching we finally spotted one this has to be my favorite moment of my entire life

[@buddyandruby917]

Thanks for the great clips of the animals 🎉

[@abbygaby9210]

as a bolivian I've been told stories of two different spectacled bear populations, the ones closer to the andean mountains are smaller and eat more vegetation, while the ones more to the east, closer to the rainforest, are bigger and get killed more often, because people fear for their cattle. I wonder if they could eventually become subspecies, or even if they are already

[@Animalsite-jk8mj]

Please make a video of All 8 Extant Subspecies Of moose - Which moose Is Best?

[@drbosommd]

Paddington Bear is clearly the best Bear .

[@pshhtlaura]

Well..."There are basically two schools of thought..." 😂😂

[@touayaaj84]

Dwight: Black bear is best bear

[@creepycassette]

Dwight schurte from "the office" would love the title of this video/

[@ordovicianinnova]

I was actually waiting for you to do a video on brown bears as they are in my opinion very interesting animals and one of my close favourites. I think that thier over all adaptability, fascinating lifestyle, intimidating appearance and general versatility makes them a good choice for a full length in depth video like this.

[@randomusername3873]

Thank you so much!🙏🏻 I always wanted a video like this about brown bear subspecies, weirdly enough nobody ever did a good one before

[@berimb0l076]

If you want to learn more about the sankebetsu brown bear incident, watch Bob Gymlan's video on it

[@andrewmcneish5309]

How all subspecies of black bear

[@zoopdterdoobdter5743]

Shake and test your bear mace before hikes/pitching tent and *don't feed the bears* (with human food or yourself): you'll only endager yourself, others and the bear.

[@wolftalon9129]

ive seen grizzlies and black bears

[@some_random_giraffe2806]

What about Pooh bear?

[@Redneckkratos]

9:50 WHAT SUBSPECIES OF BROWN BEAR IS THAT?!?!?

[@Jackven93]

Drink everytime you hear Subspecies

[@AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy]

Why sound different

[@arkprice79]

Could you please upload 3 Australian species that would destroy African ecosystems

[@arkprice79]

@@chalkandcheese1868 but is it a good idea?

[@ethanknight3970]

Ever heard of the bears of the island of fear? Average around 12ft tall

[@walksaselk40]

...But which one is best?

[@Kingsaxxy3872]

All of them

[@hidesbehindpseudonym1920]

I saw a black bear in the wild for the first time in my life earlier this year. I have never seen a brown bear in the wild.

[@aaaydenwetsell]

hey your all better.

[@ijcosy]

Grizzly bear killed a horse on my cousins ranch while I was staying with him, couldn’t really do anything about it but damn was it scary

[@anniehill9909]

I don't think I've ever seen a brown bear in the wild, but I have seen several polar bears. I was surprised at the wide range of colouraion of these bears and suspect that those with attractive patterns would have been hunted for their skins, even more than is generally the case. I really enjoyed this video - I had no idea there were so many subspecies! ❤

[@jerumd]

Ussuri Brown Bears are the only Brown Bear subspecies that I fear most! They never seemed to lose their aggressive traits after living in the same habitat with Siberian Tigers for roughly over one million years! So naturally, they have to be very aggressive in order to survive a tiger attack. They're more of a search-and-destroy type bear subspecies than just a forager. Definitely not the type of bear you wanna cross paths with while trekking on foot. There have been numerous unprovoked attacks In Iwate Japan alone.

[@crushedcan5378]

did you see bears in zoos?

[@usabkj]

I would like to see what would happen if feral populations of Tibetan mastiffs appeared around the world like in North America, india ect

[@Aethra.]

I have a suggestion for a video: can you do "top 5 prehistoric animals that fascinated you the most"? It could be any kind of prehistoric animals, dinosaurs, marine reptile, flying reptile, prehistoric mammals, prehistoric birds, prehistoric marine animals, prehistoric insects, etc.

[@Gamer-Rex]

No one twist my words and assume I’m racist which I’m not a subspecies is basically a different race

[@nolijelmore220]

The only bear i seen ever was a north american grizzly at my zoo

[@NOBLEFILMS1987]

SASQUATCHES!

[@logangautreaux8363]

I work in the far north of Alaska. There are a family of Brown Bears in the area. We see them every year. They are rather small. There are also Polar Bears present, in the Summer. The brown bears appear to be a very light color. Although, I know it isn't an😂actual proof of hybridization, they sure do look so....... Love All Your Videos!

[@thebagdermotion6993]

Yall don't know about the Kodiak bear

[@bradleyanderson4315]

The nice tempered vegetarian bear?

[@ObitoObito-wf4mi]

Subspecies

[@michaelalvarez2857]

Great video, keep up the good work . And fun fact, you said Subspecies 46 times in this video.

[@breezesmart4959]

Oh y’all don’t know about the Kodiak bear

[@RUBPROMAL]

Most brown bears I have seen in real life so far were in captivity (unfortunately). But I have seen quite some subspecies: Eurasian brown bear, Kodiak bear, Syrian brown bear and Grizzly bear

[@Accentor100]

I liked the honorary mention of the California Grizzly Bear. It too was a rather large subspecies. It's sad that it's extinct but we do have it on our state flag.

[@anniehill9909]

How ironic is that?

[@Toklat]

Shame!!!!

[@jammiedodger7040]

It’s a shame the brown bear is no longer in Britain.

[@Kingsaxxy3872]

Agreed

[@TheBentZee]

Bears, beets Battlestar Galactica

[@prairierider7569]

That’s a trick question, everyone all bears are best as bears beet battlestar galactica 🤣😂🤣 Dwight shrubs~ the office

[@OptimusEditz]

freddy fatzbear

[@mattm4600]

Bears beats battle star galactica

[@mimmacaco6007]

I was on tiktok, and some kid made a video on how q Kodiak could beat a polar bear, but the cherry on top was the mf who said that the short faced bear could beat any of the... like no shit Sherlock a mega fauna animal can beat a modern one😲😲😲

[@fifi23o5]

Anybody needs bears? We have too many of them.

[@idkok908]

Why da fuck they trying to bring them back from Extinction...💀💀

[@Kingsaxxy3872]

They deserve a right to live same as you and me, and as predators they do have a vital importance to the ecosystem they inhabit.

[@junktoyota]

Kodiak bears are way better than any other bears even better than polar bears

[@TROLL_FACE_00]

Tigers are the only predator capable of hunting these Bears.

[@Sikk2]

Gould you pleaseeee not over exaggerate the eyes of the animals in the thumbnail? It is extremely off putting

[@RDSyafriyar]

"The bears are just being bears. We are way more of a threat to them. Bear attacks are so rare. And fatalities are even rarer. The bears' lives are more at threat than ours in encounters." - Beth Pratt