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Dremong, brown bear [RY]

Lat. Ursus isabellinus - Brown or Snow Bear, Dremong [RY]

a brown bear, a dremong; the Brown Bear or Snow Bear (Lat. Ursus isabellinus), of which Tibetans distinguish two kinds: the dangerous steppe dweller (byang dred), and the forest dweller (nags dred), smaller in size, that does not attack humans unless provoked. (MR) (RY)

bear, ursus arctos linnaeus, ursus arctos, a kind of bear [JV]

dred mong - bear [IW]