European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos) at Whipsnade Zoo.🐻

Photo: Francis C. Franklin · CC BY-SA 3.0

FamilyCarnivoraUrsidae
Carnivores

🐻Bears

Ursidae

곰은 식육목 곰과에 속하는 포유동물이다. 어린 개체는 능소니라 부른다. 꼬리가 짧고 후각과 청각이 발달했으며, 발가락이 다섯 개이다. 길고 빽빽한 털로 덮여 있으며, 커다란 몸에 강한 팔다리를 갖고 있다. 곰은 식육목에 속해 있지만, 북극곰을 제외하고 거의 대부분은 식물성 물질을 먹는 초식 위주 잡식성이다. 대왕판다 같은 경우는 거의 대나무만 먹으므로 초식성으로 한다. 하지만 내장구조가 다른 육식동물들과 비슷하기 때문에 식물성 물질을 초식동물처럼 제대로 소화시키지는 못한다. 그렇기 때문에 곰은 특정한 시기에만 집중적으로 먹기도 하며, 한번에 먹는 양도 많다.

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Ursidae
Conservation status
Not evaluated

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Key measurements
Body mass
152 kg
Body length
1.75 m
Shoulder height
0.92 m
Top speed
43 km/h
Bite force
1,436 N
Maximum lifespan
40 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about Bears

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
152 kgaverage46–372 kg · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Body length
1.75 maverage1.31–2.29 m · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Shoulder height
0.92 maverage0.68–1.45 m · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 7 member species

Top speed
43 km/haverage39–47 km/h · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 2 member species

Bite force
1,436 Naverage751–2,121 N · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 2 member species

Brain mass
333 gaverage243–476 g · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Maximum lifespan
40 yearsaverage34–50 years · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Generation length
12 yearsaverage9.99–16 years · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Age at maturity
4.5 yearsaverage1,015–2,413 days · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Gestation
151 daysaverage91–226 days · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Litter size
about 2average1.1–2.46 · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 8 member species

Home range
12,937 km²average0.7–77,270 km² · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 6 member species

Population density
0.32 per km²average0.01–1.21 per km² · range across the group
aggregated across members
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range across 6 member species

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyUrsidae
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. superorderLaurasiatheria
  3. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  4. suborderCaniformia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
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beren (nl), หมี (th), خرس (fa), דוביים (he), Bjørne (da), Bären (de) … and 28 more languages
Animals in this group
This group covers 105 named animals, living and extinct. The figures above are averages across them.

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