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 male black bear | June or early July | Order Carnivora | male mammal | Ursus americanus Pallas | a den during the winter | 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 | | 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 |