DCHP-1 Online
cinnamon bear 
a subspecies of the black bear. See 1964 quote.
See also: black bear yellow bear
- 1821 (1823) Individuals vary in colour from black to different shades of brown, and are known to the traders under the different names of Black, Brown, Cinnamon, and Grey Bears.
- 1956 Black Bear . . . Black or dark brown is the usual colour, but there is a rarer colour phase known as the "cinnamon bear," which is light buff.
- 1964 [The] cinnamon bear of the interior of British Columbia is another geographic race of the same species [Ursus americanus], one of its subspecific characteristics is the occurrence of a brown colour phase.
- 1821 (1823) Individuals vary in colour from black to different shades of brown, and are known to the traders under the different names of Black, Brown, Cinnamon, and Grey Bears.