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American Black Bear



[CITIES-listed Endangered Species]
ADW: Ursus americanus: Information: ...americanus. Ursus americanus (American black bear). ... Black bears are usually black in color, particularly in eastern North America. They ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ursus/u._americanus$media.html

ADW: Ursus americanus: Pictures: Ursus americanus (American black bear). ... American black bear Ursus americanus, American black bear Ursus americanus, American black bear Ursus americanus. ...
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1999/2/fact-americanblack.cfm

American Black Bear Fact Sheet - National Zoo| FONZ: American Black Bear Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus and Species: Ursus americanus The world's most common and adaptable bear, the black bear uses its ...
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1999/2/fact-asiaticblack.cfm

Asiatic Black Bear Fact Sheet - National Zoo| FONZ: Physical Description: The Asiatic black bear looks much like the American black bear, but has wider, more pronounced ears and a distinctive white or cream "V ...
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/wildlife/420-200/420-200.html

Managing Wildlife Damage: Black Bears: The black bear is a large mammal with powerful limbs, a relatively small head, small ears, and black fur, although several less common color phases (eg ...
http://www.american.edu/TED/bear.htm

Bear Case Study: With the decline in Asian bear populations, Asian merchants came to North America to procure gall bladders of the North American black bear. ...
http://bss.sfsu.edu:224/courses/Fall00Projects/blackbear.HTM

Biogeography of Black Bears: The Biogeography of the American Black Bear ( Ursus americanus ). by Sandra Summers, student in Geography 316, Fall 2000. ... March, 2000. American Black Bear. ...
http://bss.sfsu.edu:224/courses/Spring99Projects/grizzly.htm

Biogeography of Grizzly Bear: ...panda (A. melanoleuca), and the most represented genus, Ursus, includes the Asiatic black bear (U. thibetanus), the American black bear (U. americanus), the ...
http://www.esf.edu/PUBPROG/BROCHURE/BEARS/BEARS.HTM

Adirondack Black Bears: ...ripen. In September, American mountain-ash berries, black cherries, mountain holly fruits, and hazelnuts are sought out by bears. In ...
http://www.wpi.edu/Projects/Tufts/M1.html

Wildlife Rehabilitation Database: American Black Bear: Wildlife Rehabilitation Database. American Black Bear (Ursus americanus). General, Juvenile, Adult. Respiration Rate, Heart Rate, Body ...
http://www.baylor.edu/bear/index.php?id=18247

Baylor University || Baylor Bear Program || Bear Facts: Bear Facts. Ursus Americanus- North American Black Bear, Ursus- Latin word meaning "bear". The North American black bear was found over most of North America. ...
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/zoo/amblbear.htm

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus): American Black Bear. Ursus americanus. The American Black Bear is the most widespread of the North American bears. Its ...
http://tufts.edu/vet/rehabdata/ma.Am.Bl.Bear.html

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus): Wildlife Rehabilitation Database. Home. Mammal Index. Species, American Black Bear, Scientific Name, Ursus americanus. Respiration Rate, *, Heart Rate, *. ...
http://www.cs.uh.edu/~clifton/micro.b.html

FREE Internet Encyclopedia - MicroReference: Bear. See Polar Bear, Grizzly Bear, and American Black Bear Bear, Richard. Poet ... Black Adder. Television Show Official Site American Black Bear. Black History Month ...
http://audubon.wku.edu/daviess/black_bear.htm

American Black Bear - Daviess Co Audubon Society: American Black Bear pictures and species account from the Daviess Co Audubon Society. American Black Bear. Ursus americanus. Photo ...
http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/research/bear-center/

Bear Center: Idaho and Montana. The American black bear continues to do well, although isolated populations in the southeast are threatened. ...
http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/Research/Bear-Center/main-bear-04x.htm

Bear Center Research: 74:2080-2088. Farley, SD and CT Robbins. 1995. Lactation, hibernation, and mass dynamics of American black bears and grizzly bears. Can. J. Zool. 73:2216-2222. ...
http://home.sou.edu/~rible/wildlife/blckbear.htm

Black Bear: At one time the American black bear was found in every state, except Nevada (Hall 1981). ... There are 16 subspecies of black bear, all in North America. ...
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jnale1/blackbear.html

A Day At The Zoo - Black Bear: Some American black bears are white in color and are called Kermode bears. ... The largest American black bear weighed 365 kilograms (805 pounds). ...
http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/mammals/carnivora/ursidae/uamericanus.html

Georgia Wildlife Web Site; mammals: Ursus americanus: Size: This is the smallest of the American bears, but it is the largest carnivore in eastern North America. An adult Black Bear is 1.5 - 1.8 m (5 - 6 ft) tall ...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_UW055

Florida Black Bear: A Threatened Species: Black bears are the smallest of North American bears. ... DISTRIBUTION. The black bear is one of the most widely distributed big game animals in North America. ...
http://www.mnstate.edu/regsci/eyes/Natural%20History%20of%20the%20Black%20Bear.htm

Natural History of the Black Bear: The home range of an American black bear varies depending on the location, the season, food availability, and the density of individuals. ...
http://www.mnstate.edu/regsci/eyes/BlackBearlinkpage.htm

Black Bear Information: 11. "American Black Bear" http://www.bearbiology.com/bbdesc.html Check this site out to learn about different species of bear, including the black bear. 12. ...
http://www.radford.edu/~clblevins/black_bear.htm

Black bear: Biogeographic Facts: There are three bear species in North America. Black bears are the most abundant and the only bears that are found in Virginia. ...
http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/fwrc/wildlife/bear.htm

FWRC: Two subspecies of black bear (American black bear and Louisiana black bear) that occur in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana have been listed by the state of ...
http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/fwrcnews/wildlife/bears.html

FWRC: ...and Wildlife Research Center recently concluded an intensive study begun in 1990 to learn as much as possible about the American and Louisiana black bears. ...
http://www.ncsu.edu/ligon/sciblast/powell/bears.html

Dr. Robert Powell: Black Bear Track. This is a great shot of a medium-to-large black bear track. The smaller track. ... Learn more about black bears from these resources: ...
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/news/2003/Jul/bears.htm

Rising Black Bear Population in Kentucky a Good Sign: For more than 150 years the American black bear virtually ignored Kentucky’s lush forests. Recently though, the bears have been ...
http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/137

DSpace at Cornell University: Item 1813/137: Abstract: The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) has the ability to sustain a high core temperature throughout the duration of its hibernation cycle, even ...
http://www.nrac.wvu.edu/rm493-591/fall2002/students/Igo/

The black bear (Ursus americanus) is a large carnivore: RESM 493. Fall 2002. Link to RM Homepage. Introduction. The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is a predominant wildlife species in West Virginia . ...
http://www.rw.ttu.edu/sp_accounts/Black%20Bear/default.htm

Kingdom: Site Maintained by: Dr. Mark Wallace. c7wmc@ttacs.ttu.edu. Description The Black Bear, also called the American bear, is the most common bear in North America. ...
http://www.mnscu.edu/media/performance/2003/winter2003/w16.html

MnSCU - Performance Newsletter - Winter 2003: ...displays a birch bark canoe in his cafe that was hand-crafted by urban American Indian children. Today, he owns two St. Paul cafes, Black Bear Crossings and ...
http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/fnr/html/faculty/DeWoody/Triant/WebPage/Triant.htm

Deborah Triant: ...and mark-recapture techniques to estimate abundance and genetic diversity of the Louisiana black bear, a protected subspecies of the American black bear. ...
http://www.newpaltz.edu/~mcglinnl/animals/Blackbear.htm

Black Bear: The North American black bear is the smallest black bear, and the least aggressive. Hunting and agriculture have made the black ...
http://tiger.towson.edu/users/cdiaz1/PPT.htm

The American Black Bear… In danger!: 3-May-04: The American Black Bear… In danger!
http://people.colgate.edu/lkucey/enst480/beardist.html

beardist: 1540 - 1542 Francesco Vasquez de Coronado and his expedition traveled through American black and grizzly bear country what is now Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska ...
http://www.uwsp.edu/news/pr/tmGinnettgrant.htm

Dorothy Ginnett wins grant for wildlife research: ...explore the impact of heartworm on wild canids (wolves and coyotes), as well as to study blood-borne parasites in maternal and yearling American black bears. ...
http://www.uwsp.edu/news/pr/tmGinnettUPDCgrant.htm

Dorothy Ginnett to study impact of heartworms on wolves and black ...: The grant, "Wildlife Diseases of Wisconsin Mammals: Canine Heartworm and American Black Bear Parasites," is a grant with two separate components. ...
http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/information/bear/bearfacts.html

Bear Facts: ...with which America and Phoenix Junior College students fell in love. Old-timers tell the story about how in 1920, a PJC student secured the black bear cub from ...
http://medicine.ucsd.edu/cpa/slbear.htm

Comparative Placentation: Johnston, LA, Donoghue, AM, Igo, W., Simmons, LG, Wildt, DE and Rieffenberger, J.: Oocyte recovery and maturation in the American black bear (Ursus americanus ...
http://www.usgs.nau.edu/Grizzly/

USGS Colorado Plateau Research Station: Grizzly Bears: Compared to North American black bears (Ursus americanus) occupying the same habitat, grizzly bears are roughly two times larger in size and have ranges ...
http://www.usgs.nau.edu/Grizzly/Bear_behavior.html

Foraging Behavior of North American Bears: Even though all three North American bear species can be predators, the grizzly ... of opportunity (compared to polar bears) or aptitude (compared to black bears). ...
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng385/sbear.html

Standing Bear and other Indian 'words on nature': The words of the early American Indian about nature. ... The wolf, duck, eagle, hawk, spider, bear, and other ... Prayer by Black Elk delivered from Harney Peak in the ...
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/zoology/harlow/harlow.htm

HARLOW: 1990. Seasonal serum glucose, progresterone and cortisol levels of black bears, Ursus americanus. ... The American marten: Trade-offs involving starvation risks. ...
http://www.bucknell.edu/News_Events/More_News/September_2004/Tillie_Black_Bear.html

Tillie Black Bear to Speak at Bucknell: A member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation/Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Black Bear is executive ... for ... and domestic violence victims abused on Native American reservations ...
http://www.umaine.edu/studemp/blackbearvolunteers/blackbearvolunteers.htm

Community Service and Volunteer Programs - Black Bear Volunteers: American Red Cross Blood Drives. ... Established in 1989 as “Volunteers In Community Efforts�, The Black Bear Volunteer Program appreciates the ongoing support ...
http://www.usd.edu/~theaton/greatbas/porcupin.html

Timothy H. Heaton: Porcupine Cave: ...open enough to admit black bears; 4) the cave was free of ice again by 510 yr BP, and black bears (and possibly ... 1980 Pleistocene Mammals of North America. ...
http://www.etsu.edu/writing/enews/bears.htm

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