🐻American black bear
Der Amerikanische Schwarzbär (Ursus americanus), auch Baribal genannt, ist eine in Nordamerika lebende Raubtierart aus der Familie der Bären (Ursidae). In seiner Heimat wird er meistens als black bear oder Ours noir bezeichnet. Im Vergleich zum eher gefürchteten Grizzlybären gilt der Schwarzbär als weniger gefährlich.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 132 kg
- Body length
- 1.59 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.91 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 34 years
Everything we know about the American black bear
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass132 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 154 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.59 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Shoulder height0.91 mat the shoulderDetails ↓Hide ↑
NPS: "Height: About 3 feet at the shoulder and 5-7 feet when standing upright". 3 ft = 0.91 m on all fours; same page gives 5-7 ft (1.5-2.1 m) standing upright. ADW and Mammalian Species No. 647 give lengths only.
Source: US National Park Service, 'Black Bears', Bears subject site, https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/black-bears.htm · see citation
Brain mass275 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan34 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 34 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length13 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation91 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 70 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range31 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.13 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l132 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for American black bear yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyUrsidae
- ›genusUrsus
- ›speciesUrsus americanus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyUrsidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyUrsidae
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