Kermode bear[< Francis Kermode, 1874-1946, former Director of the B.C. Provincial Museum]
1 a subspecies of the black bear, Ursus americanus kermodei.
1964  The Kermode bear has been written up in a number of "popular" articles, none of which mention that most Kermode bears are black.
1964  Best said the bear is a Kermode bear, found only on Princess Royal and surrounding islands. About 2½ years old, he weighs more than 200 pounds.
2 the white or creamy-white color phase of this bear.
1958  . . . it involves a transition from the sea otter, the hair seal, and the little cream-coloured Kermode bear to the Stone sheep, the moose, and the grizzly bear of the Rockies.
1964  . . . a habitat group of white phase Kermode bears at the Provincial Museum [Victoria] . . . no doubt contributed to the generally held, but erroneous belief that all Kermode bears are white.
1966  And so Stanley Park obtained its rare "Kermodes" bear, the second of its kind to be exhibited in any zoo.