🐻Spectacled-bear
The spectacled bear, also known as the Andean bear, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America. It is the only living species of bear native to South America, and the last remaining short-faced bear. Unlike other omnivorous bears, the diet of the spectacled bear is mostly herbivorous. The species is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN because of habitat loss.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
- Body mass
- 109 kg
- Body length
- 1.78 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.75 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 39 years
Everything we know about the Spectacled-bear
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass109 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 109 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.78 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height0.75 m0.6–0.9 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
Size chart 'we characterise their sizes by weight, length and shoulder height': 'Andean bear ... 30-200 kg, 88-220 cm, 60-90 cm' -- the third figure is shoulder height (verified visually against the chart, PDF p. 37). Midpoint of the range. Neither the Mammalian Species account (53(1006), 2021) nor HMW Vol 1 gives a shoulder height for this species.
Source: EAZA Bear TAG 2024, All About Ursidae: Bear Educational Guidelines, size chart 'Size differences', p. 30, https://www.sostozoo.hu/files/Bear%20Guidelines%20(2).pdf · see citation
Brain mass314 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan39 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 39 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length9.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation226 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 228 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l109 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 Spectacled-bear yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyUrsidae
- ›genusTremarctos
- ›speciesTremarctos ornatus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyUrsidae
- genusTremarctos
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyUrsidae
- genusTremarctos
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