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In title case, the first letter of every important word is capitalized (e.g., Grey Currawong, Duke of Burgundy), except for words that follow a hyphen (e.g., Brown-headed Spider Monkey). In sentence case, no capital letters are used (e.g., brown bear, ray-finned shark), except for proper names (e.g., North American beaver, Roosevelt's elk).
Therefore, brown bear is not capitalized. However, the subspecies of brown bear "Ursus arctos horribilis," commonly called the Grizzly Bear, is usually capitalized, but not always (sometimes Grizzly bear or grizzly bear), even though there are still different lineages of grizzlies.
Obsolete scientific names should redirect to the article under the common name or current scientific name. Make redirects from alternative capitalisations (many guidebooks and specialist literature in various zoological fields tend to capitalise, so we should account for both usages): Eastern Newt redirects to Eastern newt
Grizzly Bear is not a proper noun. -- JHunterJ 18:48, 20 September 2012 (UTC) When used to distinguish between types of bears it is a proper noun. When used to describe a group of bears of the same type it is a common noun. There is only one bear that is called a Grizzly bear. There are thousands of Grizzly bears.
The name of a new breed with a verifiable (not self-published) breed standard should be capitalized like any other standardized breed, whether the standard is accepted yet by major breed registries. Those without a breed club publishing a standard cannot be distinguished, in an encyclopedic way, from a local landrace or mongrel population, and ...
The only time you would capitalize Black Rat is if you named a rat you had "Black Rat". At that point the name Black Rat becomes a proper name of the rat and should be capitalized. --mav. I just checked with the four or five bird boooks I happened to lay my hands on, and then a few other things that I had lying around the place:
That said, the official state flag, first adopted in 1911, still says "California Republic" under an image of a grizzly bear, a reference to the rebellion, which was called “The Bear Flag Revolt."
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies [4] of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly ( Ursus arctos horribilis ), other morphological forms of brown bear in North America are sometimes identified as grizzly bears.