Bears of the World

Image Left: A Female Sun Bear.

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Web Resources


Bearinfosite.com

Bears of the World.net

International Association for Bear Research

The American Bear Association

ARKive - The Brown Bear

Family Ursidae Classification

• Subfamily Ailuropodinae
  • Ailuropoda (pandas)
    • Ailuropoda melanoleuca, giant panda
      • Ailuropoda melanoleuca melanoleuca, giant panda
      • Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis, Qinling panda
• Subfamily Tremarctinae
  • Tremarctos (Spectacled bears)
    • Tremarctos ornatus, spectacled bear
• Subfamily Ursinae
• Helarctos
  • Helarctos malayanus, sun bear
    • Helarctos malayanus malayanus
    • Helarctos malayanus euryspilus, Borneo sun bear
• Melursus
• Melursus ursinus, sloth bear
• Melursus ursinus inornatus, Sri Lankan sloth bear
• Melursus ursinus ursinus, Indian sloth bear
• Ursus
  • Ursus americanus, American black bear
    • Ursus americanus altifrontalis, Olympic black bear
    • Ursus americanus amblyceps, New Mexico black bear
    • Ursus americanus americanus, Eastern black bear
    • Ursus americanus californiensis, California black bear
    • Ursus americanus carlottae, Haida Gwaii black bear or Queen Charlotte black bear
    • Ursus americanus cinnamomum, cinnamon bear
    • Ursus americanus emmonsii, Glacier bear
    • Ursus americanus eremicus, Mexican black bear
    • Ursus americanus floridanus, Florida black bear
    • Ursus americanus hamiltoni, Newfoundland black bear
    
    

• • Ursus americanus kermodei, Kermode bear or spirit bear
  • Ursus americanus luteolus, Louisiana black bear
  • Ursus americanus machetes, West Mexico black bear
  • Ursus americanus perniger, Kenai black bear
  • Ursus americanus pugnax, Dall black bear
  • Ursus americanus vancouveri, Vancouver Island black bear
  • • Ursus arctos, brown bear
      • Ursus arctos arctos, Eurasian brown bear
      • Ursus arctos alascensis
      • Ursus arctos beringianus, Kamchatka brown bear or Far Eastern brown bear
      • † Ursus arctos californicus, California golden bear
      • † Ursus arctos crowtheri, Atlas bear
      • † Ursus arctos dalli
      • Ursus arctos gobiensis, Gobi bear (very rare)
      • Ursus arctos horribilis, grizzly bear
      • Ursus arctos isabellinus, Himalayan brown bear or Himalayan red bear
      • Ursus arctos lasiotus, Ussuri brown bear or black grizzly
      • Ursus arctos middendorffi, Kodiak bear
      • † Ursus arctos nelsoni, Mexican grizzly bear
      • Ursus arctos piscator, Bergman's bear (extinct?)
      • Ursus arctos pruinosus, Tibetan blue bear, Tibetan bear, or Himalayan blue bear
      • Ursus arctos sitkensis
      • Ursus arctos syriacus Syrian (brown) bear
    • Ursus maritimus, polar bear
      • Ursus maritimus maritimus
    • Ursus thibetanus, Asian black bear
      • Ursus thibetanus formosanus, Formosan black bear
      • Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus
      • Ursus thibetanus japonicus
      • Ursus thibetanus laniger
      • Ursus thibetanus mupinensis
      • Ursus thibetanus thibetanus
      • Ursus thibetanus ussuricus

Lesson #7 Live, HYBRID
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Bears in Literature and Art

First People - The Legends - (An Eskimo Legend) - The Woman and her Bear

Projects & Activities

Project Wild - Lots of activities about Black Bears

Florida Black Bear Activity Guide

growing_wild_-_utahs_bears_ebooklet.pdf
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Student Projects

Below, Mammals Oct. - Dec. 2014 students and brothers Josh and Kevin did a nice project showing the sizes of the Short-faced (extinct) and Brown bears. The first  document was written by Kevin A. and the second is by Josh A. 

Informative Videos