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American Black, Spectacled, and Sun Bear | |||||||||||||||||
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The American Black bear is the most common bear in North America. There is approximately 800,000 Black bears in North American stretching from northern Canada all the way to Mexico. The American Black Bear is usually in the range of in length, 150 to 180 cm (59 to 72 inches) and American Black bears normally stand at about 80 to 85 cm (34 to 48 inches) at the shoulder. The Spectacled Bear is last in a line of short-faced bears. They are generally a small bear species with males 33% larger the females. They are indigenous to South America. The fact that they are surviving is largely thanks to the fact they can climb trees high in the Andes Mountains. Spectacled Bears are diurnal; they are awake during the day. They do not hibernate but when bad weather happens they will den up. The primary habitat of The Sun Bear is the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia. They are the smallest members of the bear family. It has a greatly varied diet such as small vertebras like lizards and small mammals and also eats a great amount of fruit. One of the consequences of the fact that Sun Bears don’t hibernate is that they can breed all year round; sometimes even 2 cubs are born at the same time. |
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Panda, Sloth, and Brown Bears | |||||||||||||||||
Polar and Asiatic Bears | |||||||||||||||||
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