cinnamon bear

American  

noun

1. a cinnamon-colored variety of the black bear of North America.

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cinnamon bear British  

noun

1. a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear See black bear

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Etymology

Origin of cinnamon bear

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The cinnamon bear is a U. americanus that wears a reddish brown coat and can look strikingly similar to grizzlies and other brown bears of the species Ursus arctos.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Pet In Carlstadt, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. William Mercoun advertised: "WANTED: a good home for a 600-lb. cinnamon bear; gentle; won't touch beer, bathes regularly."

From Time Magazine Archive

This was a big, red, cinnamon bear asleep under a pine tree on an open slope.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

The habitat of the brown, and cinnamon bear is the mountains and their foothills.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

We had an Alaskan cinnamon bear, three years old, that had been christened "Christian," at Skagway, because it stood so much pestering without flying into rages, as the grizzly did.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple