The Himalayan Brown Bear – Ursus arctos isabellinus has only recently started to be identified as the Dzu Teh, owing to the popularity of Reinhold Messner’s book on this creature as responsible for yeti sightings.

Then there is the Sykes DNA sampling which points to a Polar bear identity whether an ancient or modern day lineage if true, is quite spectacular & would be the zoological sensation of the century, i have a large collection of Asiatic books from the 1800s onwards incl hunting, zoology etc & in none of these has anything remotely resembling a polar bear been shot/captured in the Himalayas.

There is much on both the Brown/Blue bears, there is also a few stories of bear skins being slightly grey, the range of the Blue bear extends into China.