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Best Answer: Grizzly bears are so called not because they are 'grisly' --- that is, horrifying or gruesomely unpleasant --- but because of their grizzled or gray hairs. Wow good question! I never thought of that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bea...
They are in classified in the genus Ursus, because they are a type of bear with large bodies, long hair, and short legs and tails (Wallace, 1997). The scientific name for the grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, comes from the Latin word, ursus, meaning bear and the Greek word, arctos, also meaning bear (Wallace, 1997).