American black bear
(Ursus americanus)[] | |
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Species ID: | 3-6-55-4633-14937 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Ursidae |
Genus: | Ursus |
Conservation status: | LC - Least Concern |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Subspecies[]
- U. a. altifrontalis (Olympic black bear)
- U. a. amblyceps (New Mexico black bear)
- U. a. americanus (Eastern black bear)
- U. a. californiensis (California black bear)
- U. a. carlottae (Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii black bear)
- U. a. cinnamomum (Cinnamon bear)
- U. a. emmonsii (Glacier bear)
- U. a. eremicus (East Mexican black bear)
- U. a. floridanus (Florida black bear)
- U. a. hamiltoni (Newfoundland black bear)
- U. a. kermodei (Kermode/spirit bear)
- U. a. luteolus (Louisiana black bear)
- U. a. machetes (West Mexican black bear)
- U. a. perniger (Kenai black bear)
- U. a. pugnax (Dall Island black bear)
- U. a. vancouveri (Vancouver Island black bear)
Diet[]
- Shoots
- Grasses
- Buds
- Fruits
- Berries
- Nuts
- Insects
- Ants
- Honey
- Fish
- Small to large ungulates
- Rodents
- Carrion
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Temperate coniferous forests
- Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Tundra
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- NA0303 Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests
- NA0401 Allegheny Highlands forests
- NA0402 Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
- NA0403 Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
- NA0404 Central U.S. hardwood forests
- NA0406 Eastern forest-boreal transition
- NA0407 Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- NA0408 Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests
- NA0409 Mississippi lowland forests
- NA0410 New England-Acadian forests
- NA0411 Northeastern coastal forests
- NA0412 Ozark Mountain forests
- NA0414 Southern Great Lakes forests
- NA0415 Upper Midwest forest-savanna transition
- NA0416 Western Great Lakes forests
- NA0417 Willamette Valley forests
- NA0501 Alberta Mountain forests
- NA0502 Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
- NA0503 Arizona Mountains forests
- NA0505 Blue Mountains forests
- NA0506 British Columbia mainland coastal forests
- NA0507 Cascade Mountains leeward forests
- NA0508 Central and Southern Cascades forests
- NA0509 Central British Columbia Mountain forests
- NA0510 Central Pacific coastal forests
- NA0511 Colorado Rockies forests
- NA0512 Eastern Cascades forests
- NA0513 Florida sand pine scrub
- NA0514 Fraser Plateau and Basin complex
- NA0516 Klamath-Siskiyou forests
- NA0517 Middle Atlantic coastal forests
- NA0518 North Central Rockies forests
- NA0519 Northern California coastal forests
- NA0520 Northern Pacific coastal forests
- NA0521 Northern transitional alpine forests
- NA0522 Okanagan dry forests
- NA0524 Puget lowland forests
- NA0525 Queen Charlotte Islands
- NA0527 Sierra Nevada forests
- NA0528 South Central Rockies forests
- NA0529 Southeastern conifer forests
- NA0530 Wasatch and Uinta montane forests
- NA0602 Central Canadian Shield forests
- NA0603 Cook Inlet taiga
- NA0604 Copper Plateau taiga
- NA0605 Eastern Canadian forests
- NA0606 Eastern Canadian Shield taiga
- NA0607 Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga
- NA0608 Mid-Continental Canadian forests
- NA0609 Midwestern Canadian Shield forests
- NA0610 Muskwa-Slave Lake forests
- NA0611 Newfoundland Highland forests
- NA0612 Northern Canadian Shield taiga
- NA0613 Northern Cordillera forests
- NA0614 Northwest Territories taiga
- NA0615 South Avalon-Burin oceanic barrens
- NA0616 Southern Hudson Bay taiga
- NA0617 Yukon Interior dry forests
- NA0802 Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
- NA0808 Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands
- NA0811 Northern short grasslands
- NA0812 Northern tall grasslands
- NA0813 Palouse grasslands
- NA1101 Alaska-St. Elias Range tundra
- NA1106 Beringia lowland tundra
- NA1107 Beringia upland tundra
- NA1108 Brooks-British Range tundra
- NA1111 Interior Yukon-Alaska alpine tundra
- NA1116 Ogilvie-MacKenzie alpine tundra
- NA1117 Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra
- NA1118 Torngat Mountain tundra
- NA1201 California coastal sage and chaparral
- NA1202 California interior chaparral and woodlands
- NA1203 California montane chaparral and woodlands
- NA1303 Chihuahuan desert
- NA1304 Colorado Plateau shrublands
- NA1305 Great Basin shrub steppe
- NA1309 Snake-Columbia shrub steppe
- NA1311 Tamaulipan matorral
- NA1313 Wyoming Basin shrub steppe
- NT0164 South Florida rocklands
- NT0904 Everglades