Marsican brown bears are a type of brown bears that are close to extinction.
Brown bear . While the brown bear 's range has shrunk and it has faced local extinctions , it remains listed as a least concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) with a total population of approximately 200,000 . The Marsican brown bear , one of several currently isolated populations of the main Eurasian brown bear race , in central Italy is believed to have a population of just 30 to 40 bears . The Marsican brown bear ( Ursus arctos marsicanus ) ( Italian : orso bruno marsicano ) , also known as the Apennine brown bear , is a critically endangered subspecies of the brown bear , with a range restricted to the Abruzzo National Park , and the surrounding region in Italy .