Kodiak bear
（重定向自Ursus arctos middendorffi）
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![Adult](/Images/godic/202502/19/Kodiak_bear_in_germany0700.jpg")
![Mother bear with cubs](/Images/godic/202502/19/Kodiak_Bear_cow_with_cubs,_USFWS_053730700.jpg")
![Kodiak bear with a salmon](/Images/godic/202502/19/Kodiak_Bear_with_salmon,_USFWS_DI-DSC000440700.jpg")
The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear or the Alaskan grizzly bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. Its Alutiiq name is taquka-aq. It is the largest recognized subspecies of brown bear, and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear.