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Bears of the World
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Image Left: A Female Sun Bear.

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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File Type: 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. 
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