Claim: The brown bear is an organism.

The Marsican brown bear -LRB- Ursus arctos marsicanus -RRB- -LRB- Italian : orso bruno marsicano -RRB- , also known as the Apennine brown bear , is a critically endangered subspecies of the brown bear , with a range restricted to the Abruzzo National Park , and the surrounding region in Italy . Debate exists as to whether it should be considered a subspecies or a taxon of its own .