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| U.S. Government : 21st Century Complete Guide to the Black Bear and Habitat - American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Forest Service Reports, National Parks, Florida and ... - Nature and Wildlife Guide Series (CD-ROM) | |
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U.S. Government
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21st Century Complete Guide to the Black Bear and Habitat - American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Forest Service Reports, National Parks, Florida and ... - Nature and Wildlife Guide Series (CD-ROM) |
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English |
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CD-ROM |
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7225 |
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2009-10-24 |
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1422024156 |
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Progressive Management |
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0.15 pounds |
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4.9 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches |
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Product Description
This is an up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM about the Black Bear and its habitat, including the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Forest Service Reports, National Parks, Florida and Louisiana Black Bears, and more. As part of the Nature and Wildlife Guide Series, it contains scientific research data along with public information, images and photographs. The American Black Bear lives throughout much of the continent, from northern Canada and Alaska south into Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. While there were probably once as many as two million black bears in North America before European colonization, the population declined to a low of 200,000 as a result of habitat destruction and hunting. Male black bears (boars) are between five and six feet long and two to three feet tall and they weigh between 100 and 300 pounds. Females (sows) range in weight between 100 and 175 pounds. Cubs usually weigh between seven ounces and one pound at birth. The adult black bear has small eyes, rounded ears, a long snout, a large body, and a short tail. As their name indicates, these bears generally have shaggy black hair. Black bears walk on the soles of their feet and have non-retractable claws. The taxonomic family Ursidae is further divided into smaller groups called genera. Members of family Ursidae are called ursids. According to database records, only one of these genera occurs in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee: Bears of the genus Ursus. This genus is represented by one species, the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), found in such famous habitats as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and two additional subspecies, Florida Black Bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) and the Louisiana Black Bear (Ursus americanus luteolus), found in the Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge. The Florida black bear is one of seventeen subspecies of the American black bear .It is the largest land mammal in Florida. The average male weighs about 250 pounds while the average female weighs about 180 pounds. Black bears are omnivores (they eat both plants and animals). Foods they may eat include fruits and insects. Black bears are mostly black in color, although they may be brown-colored, also. They can run up to 25 miles per hour and can climb trees. They spend most of their days foraging for grasses, seeds, berries, acorns, and insects and occasionally feed on carrion. Bears tear open rotten logs or old stumps in search of insect larvae. Meadows also furnish a wide variety of food, such as grass, clover, lily, wild onion, and brodiaea bulbs. Research in Yosemite shows that plants, including acorns, comprise 75% of the diet of Yosemite bears. Bears are also fond of fruit, particularly manzanita, service berry, elderberry, and wild cherry. Chipmunks, ground squirrels, marmot, pocket gophers, and mice are also a part of their diet. In the fall, bears are often seen beneath oak trees searching for acorns. Unfortunately, many bears have also perfected the skill of obtaining food from humans. Bears are also opportunists which means that they can easily adapt to new foraging habitats--from meadows to manzanita bushes, from cars to picnic coolers.
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