adult black bear | June or early July | | Order Carnivora | black bear | Ursus americanus Pallas | a den during the winter | 70-135 kg | berries, nuts, insects, fish, small mammals, newborn moose calves, deer fawns, caribou calves, or elk calves, birds, carrion, honey | | 150 cm | 25 or 30 years | tapeworms and roundworms | but shows some characteristics of true hibernators | very dexterous lips | black or brown with a brownish muzzle and frequently a white patch below the throat or across the chest | 55 km/h for short distances | | heavily wooded areas and dense bushland | 100 to 120 cm at the shoulder | Family Ursidae |
adult female black bear | June or early July | live babies | Order Carnivora | female mammal | Ursus americanus Pallas | a den during the winter | 70 kg | berries, nuts, insects, fish, small mammals, newborn moose calves, deer fawns, caribou calves, or elk calves, birds, carrion, honey | January or February while the mother is still in her winter den | 150 cm | 25 or 30 years | tapeworms and roundworms | but shows some characteristics of true hibernators | | black or brown with a brownish muzzle and frequently a white patch below the throat or across the chest | 55 km/h for short distances | babies | heavily wooded areas and dense bushland | 100 to 120 cm at the shoulder | Family Ursidae |