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Levels Of Classification For The Black Bear
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Genus:	Ursus
Species:	Ursus americanus

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Detailed Description Of The Black Bear

Black bears are usually black, particularly in Eastern North America. They sometimes have white spots on their chests. Western bears are usually lighter. The total body length for males is from 1400mm to 2000mm, and from 1200mm to 1600mm for females. Males weigh from 47kg to 409kg (200-600 pounds), and females weigh between 39kg to 236kg.

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The Black Bear's Habitat

In the Southwest, black bears live in mountainous areas or where it's almost impossible to go. There are at least two distinct, prime habitat types in the Southeast. Black bears in the southern Appalachian Mountains survive in a predominantly oak-hickory and mixed mesophytic forest. In the coastal areas of the Southeast, bears live in a mixture of flatwoods, bays, and swampy hardwood sites. In the Northeast, prime habitat is within a forest canopy of hardwoods such as beech, maple, and birch, and coniferous species.

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The Black Bear's Range

American black bears can be found in Alaska, almost through Canada and most of the U.S. and into Central Mexico. So, I think black bears like staying in both warm and cold places, not only cold or only warm.

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The Black Bear's Food Habits

Some black bears in North America "fish" in the shallow areas of a river. They also eat tree-borne fruits in the summer. They will also eat insects and beetles. It will feed on vertebrates only if the opportunity exists. The diet for a black bear is high in carbohydrates ad low in proteins and fats.

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The Black Bear's Life Cycle

Black Bears reproduce from June to mid-July. They usually give birth every other year, but sometimes wait 3 or 4 years. Pregnancy generally lasts about 220 days, but this includes a delayed implantation. Black bears generally live 10 or 15 years, but the oldest black bear lived about 30 years.

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The Black's Bear's Important Factors Needed To Survive

Black bears often need brush fields; wet and dry meadows, high tidelands, riparian areas and a variety of mast-producing hardwood species. These are some of the important factor's that are needed for them to live.

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Interesting Facts About The Black Bear

1. Black bears can run as fast as 25 miles per hour when they are chasing their prey.

2. They are skillful climbers.

3. Black bears do not hurt humans unless they are wounded or cornered.

4. They are often captured and tamed.

5. It is the salmon that gives the black bear its winter fat.

6. Black bears are not as dangerous as we think they are- they have killed less than 36 humans in the 20th century.

7. Bears are not especially carnivores. They eat insects, human garbage, honey, etc.

8. The longest bear and the oldest bear both died because humans killed them!!!

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Both Positive And Negative Impacts Humans Have On Black Bears

More than 90% of the black bears die after the age of 18 months ( 1 and 1/2 years) because of interactions with humans!!!!!! Black bears eat human garbage and some would die if that didn't happen, so there is also a good side.

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