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black bear comparison table |
Subject | have breeding season | be solitary | stay with | have good hearing | is a kind of | have good sense of smell | have scientific name | swim | weigh | sleep in | eat | have length | have lifespan | have parasites | hibernate | has part | have colour | climb trees | run at | be omnivorous | have habitat | have height | have poor eyesight |
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black bear | bear | Ursus americanus Pallas | a den during the winter | 25 or 30 years | tapeworms and roundworms | 5 claws on each foot | heavily wooded areas and dense bushland | ||||||||||||||||
adult black bear | June or early July | black bear | Ursus americanus Pallas | 70-135 kg | a den during the winter | 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 | ||||||||
black bear cub | its mother for 16-17 months | black bear | Ursus americanus Pallas | 225 g at birth | a den during the winter | 15-20 cm at birth | 25 or 30 years | tapeworms and roundworms | heavily wooded areas and dense bushland |
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