Flora of Ireland. Ireland is in the Atlantic European Province of the Circumboreal Region, a floristic region within the Holarctic.
The previous heavyweight was a North American giant short-faced bearâa related extinct speciesâthat weighed up to 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms). The largest bear on record in modern times was a 2,200-pound (998-kilogram) polar bear shot in Alaska in the 19th century.
Factors include weight, head size, length of the bear, height of the bear when standing, dimension of shoulders, etc. Compounding the problem is often incomplete records that may or may not be authenticated. Many claims of a giant grizzly bear of world record status have been submitted but not verified. Some are embellished with man eating stories. One of the more famous reports is a grizzly bear from Alaska having an enormous weight of 1600 pounds. The 12.6 foot tall bear had a massive head and teeth.