Syrian Brown Bear

Syrian Brown Bear

Taxobox
name = Syrian Brown Bear
status = VU


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Ursidae
genus = "Ursus"
species = "U. arctos"
subspecies = "U. a. syriacus"
trinomial = "Ursus arctos syriacus"
trinomial_authority = Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1828

The Syrian Brown Bear ("Ursus arctos syriacus") is the smallest subspecies of Brown Bear.

They are omnivorous, eating almost any type of food, including meat, grass, and fruits.

Geographical Distribution

This subspecies occupies a large area in western Asia, but their population is declining due to habitat destruction, poaching, and fragmentation of population.

Syrian brown bears were historically found in Anatolia (Turkey), Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran, and parts of Afghanistan and NW Pakistan. In the Caucasus, this species is replaced with common brown bear (Eurasian Brown Bear). In Pakistan and southern Afghanistan, Himalayan Brown Bear replaces this species. In southern and south-eastern Iran, it is replaced by Asian Black Bear.

In literature

It is suggested that this species of bear is the one Yahweh sent to maul the 42 youths that insulted Elisha in the Second Book of Kings of The Bible Ken Dennis. "Animals of the Bible" "The Bear" Light Magazine vol. 18 [http://www.biblelight.org/light/vol18/2li0703.htm] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.wildanimalpark.com.au/animals/asia/brownbear.htm Mareeba Wild Animal Park]


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