The last of its kind, the Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatu) is the only remaining member of the ’short-faced’ bear subfamily (Tremarctina). They are also known as the Andean Bear, and known as ukuko, ucumari, or jukumari to the locals.
Native to South America, the Spectacled Bear is a small species of bear. Females are the smaller [...]
Extinct for about 27,500 years, the European Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) as a species became victim to the Last Glacial Maximum during the Pleistocene era. The European Cave Bear, or just Cave Bear, received its name from the fact that many of their fossils were discovered inside caves. This means the Cave Bear spent more [...]
The extinct Dwarf Panda (Ailuropoda minor) came in at roughly half the size of today’s Giant Panda. The Dwarf Panda reached lengths of 3 feet. Even though the Dwarf Panda has been extinct for a long time, their size wasn’t really known until a skull was discovered in China in 2007.
Dwarf Panda Food
The Dwarf Panda, [...]
The omnivorous Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) is one of the smaller subspecies of Brown Bears. The Syrian Black Bear eats a very wide variety of foods, including fruits, grasses, roots and meat.
Syrian Brown Bear Habitat
While the population of the Syrian Brown Bear has been declining over recent history, this subspecies of Brown [...]
Listed as Critically endangered by the IUCN, the Gobi Bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis) population is extremely small; some estimates place their population at 30 individual bears left.
The Gobi Bear is a subspecies of the Brown Bear. Where Brown Bear species typically have a strong, compact frame, the Gobi Bear differs from its cousins with [...]
Calling the central coast of British Columbia, Canada home is the Kermode Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), a subspecies of the American Black Bear. This bear is also known as the ‘Spirit Bear‘. This subspecies ranges on the coast from Prince Rupert, BC, to Princess Royal Island. Inland, the Kermode Bear ranges all the way to [...]
Bears are some of the world’s largest and most feared mammals, and are classified into the Ursidae family. They are part of the Carnivora order, and further separated into the Caniformia suborder (dog-like carnivores). Bears are found all over the planet, even though there are only 8 living species. They live in all different types [...]