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Where do brown bears live outside North America?
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Grizzly bear in Jasper National Park, western Alberta, Canada.
Outside of North America, brown bears (Ursus arctos) are native to Europe and Asia.1
While they once roamed across most of these two continents, their southern range has been significantly reduced over time. Today, they maintain an extremely large geographic distribution across these regions, with populations including the large Siberian brown bear (U. arctos beringianus).1