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Great Plains grizzly
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a huge grizzly bear, Ursus horribilis horribilis, once found on the prairies and now probably extinct.
See: grizzly bear
Quotations
1958
Where they came from is also a mystery . . . for not since the Great Plains grizzly became extinct has any of its size been seen.