The six subspecies Ranges are listed below. Black bears inhabit forests, swamps and mountains from Alaska to Labrador as far north as there are forests, and occur southward to northern United States, and south in the mountains to California Mexico and Georgia. They also occur in northeastern Arkansas and along the Gulf Coast from eastern Texas to Florida. Grizzlies, once widespread throughout much of western North America, are now found from inland Alaska across northern Canada to the Hudson Bay. Some grizzlies live in and around Yellowstone Park.
Brown bears are animals of Alaska's coastal range and certain islands near the mainland.
The next article of this series reviews the general Anatomy and Physiology of these four subspecies of bear in Bear Anatomy and Physiology .