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Grizzly bear historical and current ranges
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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Why did they historically not go further east?
They did, at least into Minnesota. This range map probably doesn't use data from as long ago as when they did.
I was definitely thinking the time (and method) of this data collection. It kind of appears to reflect US western expansion.
Pure guess, but the praries are probably not a good habitat for them. Hard for them to hunt, and the buffalos could easily mess them up.
Yeah trees and mountains make sense. Like the Sierra range in California / Nevada. Or the Rockies. But that map shows way down into Mexico where I imagine it is pretty flat and trees are not as dense (which i guess is kind of similar to a prairie?) Interesting point on the buffalo, i can see that.