Cinnamon bear

Cinnamon bear
This page is about the animal. For the 1930s radio show, see The Cinnamon Bear.
Cinnamon Bear
Cinnamon bear by J.T. Bowen (after John James Audubon)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: U. americanus
Subspecies: U. a. cinnamomum
Trinomial name
Ursus americanus cinnamomum
Audubon and Bachman, 1854

The Cinnamon Bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum) is a subspecies of the American black bear, native to Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming and western Canada[1] The most striking difference between a Cinnamon Bear and any other black bear is its brown or red-brown fur, reminiscent of cinnamon, from which the name is derived.

Cinnamon bears are omnivorous. Their diet includes fruit, vegetation, nuts, honey, and occasionally insects and meat. Cubs weigh approximately 0.23 kg (0.5 lb.) at birth, with adults weighing between 92.1 and 270 kg (203-595 lb.). The life span for this bear is a maximum of 30 years.

Cinnamon bears are excellent climbers, good runners, and powerful swimmers. They are mostly nocturnal, though sometimes active during daylight hours, and do not hibernate. Their scat resembles that of domestic dogs.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Range" in seaworld.org
  2. ^ Alden, Peter; Brian Cassie, et al. (September 1999). National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States (1st ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 363. ISBN 0-679-44680-X. 

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