Tremarctos ornatus (literally meaning decorated hole bear, referring to a hole in the bear’s humerus) Spectacled Bear Facts Spectacled bears are one of the smallest species of bear and the only living bears from South America. Despite its size, the spectacled bear is actually the largest land carnivore in that part of the continent, although […]
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Panda Introduction Scientific Name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca (literally translated as something like a black and white cat foot, or something like that!) Pandas are fairly small bears with males reaching 150Kg (about twice as heavy as a human) and females 125Kg. For reference male polar bears often reach 450Kg and brown bears 600Kg. Although we call […]
Polar Bears Ursus maritimus Population: 22,000 to 31,000 Status: Vulnerable Weight: Males 360 Kg to 590 Kg. Females: 135 Kg to 320 Kg Range: Arctic Circle and adjacent land masses Life Expectancy: 25 years With males regularly growing up to 560 Kg, polar bears are the largest bears in the world and actually the largest […]
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