Marsican Brown Bear

Marsican Brown Bear

The Marsican Brown Bear ("Ursus arctos marsicanus") is a critically endangered subspecies of the Brown bear, with a range restricted to Abruzzo National Park in Italy, population estimated at 30, with possibly another five still surviving in Trentino. [cite book | last = Paynton | first = Brian | title = In Bear Country | year = 2006 | publisher = Old Street Publishing, London | id = ISBN 978-1-905847-14-3]

In average the males weigh from 95 to 130 kg (210 to 290 lb) and reach erected an height of 1.8–1.9 meters. (5.9–6.2 feet).

Threats to the remaining small population include the shift from local agriculture to development in Abruzzo (including a controversial proposed ski resort), along with poaching [cite news | last = Hooper | first = John | title = Italy battles to save the last of its wild bears | work = The Guardian | date = 2004-08-24 | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1287759,00.html | accessdate = 2007-08-16] , and poisoning. [cite article | title = Marsican bear found dead in Abruzzo | work = Italy Magazine | date = 2008-05-12 | url = http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/abruzzo/marsican-bear-found-dead-abruzzo | accessdate = 2007-06-20]

References

ee also

List of mammals in Italy


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