Scats are cylindrical dark brown, similar to dogs, full of grasses, leaves, fur and seed fragments. Concave dish face profile, distinct hump in shoulders, long, wide and bulky claws that do not easily retract, may have silverish tinge to fur, which is brushy and visibly dense, matted. Often has white-tipped hairs, hence the term, grizzly . Brown and grizzly bears are considered variations of one species. Highest concentration is Yukon, Alaska, BC, with a few isolated populations found in Western Mountain states.
Scats are similar to black bears but larger.
Conceals carrion under shallow mounds of soil or branches. Beds down in thickets, oval shaped depressions lined with pine needles and mosses. Their range sometimes coincides with coastal Northwest Territory barren ground grizzly. Scats are cylindrical dark brown, and primarily animal matter with bones, fur fragments. Polar bears are active throughout the day and are excellent swimmers.