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About Black Bear By Wikipedia |
| The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) also
known as the North American black bear is the most common bear
species native to North America. It lives throughout much of the
continent, from northern Alaska south into Mexico and from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This includes 41 of the 50 U.S.
states, all Canadian provinces except Prince Edwar Island, and
portions of northern Mexico. In the mid 1990s, the population of
black bears was estimated to have grown to between 396,000 and
476,000 in Canada, and between 339,000 and 465,000 in the United
States, although some populations, such as the Louisiana black bear
subspecies, remain threatened. Black bear populations in Mexico have
been difficult to assess due to a lack of data. |
Populations in the Southern United
States remain in the protected mountains and woodlands of parks and
preserves, though bears will occasionally wander outside the parks'
boundaries and have set up new territories, in some cases on the
margins of urban environments in recent years as their populations
increase. Unlike its cousin the brown bear, which is Eurasian in
origin, the black bear evolved in North America two million years
ago. It is thought by certain experts that the black bear's North
American origin may account for its greater adaptability than the
brown's, due to North America's greater prehistoric predation
pressures. It is a close relative of the Asiatic Black Bear with
which it is thought to share a common European ancestor[ which is
thought to have diverged 3 million years ago, though genetic
evidence is inconclusive. Both American and Asiatic species are
considered sister taxa, and are more closely related to each other
than other species of
bear. |
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