Andean Bear - Printable Version

Andean Bear - Printable Version

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RE: Andean Bear - epaiva - 04-03-2018

Book Bears of the World - Lance Craighead

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RE: Andean Bear - brotherbear - 04-05-2018

I believe the Andean bear to be more closely related to the panda bear ( giant panda ) than to the genus Ursus.

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RE: Andean Bear - GrizzlyClaws - 04-06-2018

I think the giant panda and the Andean bear group should be regrouped into a same subfamily.

Since they look quite alike to each other.

RE: Andean Bear - brotherbear - 04-07-2018

Considering that the Andean bear and panda bear are related...

animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/andean-spectacled-bear

Andean bears are thought to use vocal communication more than any other bear except the giant panda. They make unique vocalizations that are quite "un-bear-like": a shrill screech and a soft, purring sound. Mother bears may use different vocalizations to communicate with their cubs.

*Note: Considering that the panda bear and the Andean bear are closely related, could it be that the short-faced bears in general were more vocal than bears of the genus Ursus?

RE: Andean Bear - brotherbear - 04-07-2018

Considering that the Andean bear and panda bear are related...

When soft, juicy fruit isn't available, spectacled bears employ massive jaw muscles – rivalled among bears only by the giant panda – to munch tougher, more fibrous greenery. They've also got a strong taste for bromeliads: one local name for the creature, oco achupayero, means "bromeliad-eating bear".

Also consider that neither the Andean bear nor the panda bear hibernate.

RE: Andean Bear - brotherbear - 04-07-2018

Considering that the Andean bear and the panda bear are closely related...

http://www.bearsoftheworld.net/spectacled_bears.asp

The spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus, also known as the Andean bear, is the only living bear species that is native to South America. They are the sole survivors of a subfamily of short-faced bears that ranged across North and South America during the last ice age. The spectacled bear is one of the most endangered bear species in the world, second only to the giant panda bear, to which they are the closest related.

RE: Andean Bear - brotherbear - 04-07-2018

Considering that the Andean bear and panda bear are related...

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 Comparison of the Biological Background and Behaviors of
Giant Pandas and Spectacled Bears
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Table 2 Percentage and Number of Giant Pandas and Spectacled
Bears that Copulated as Adults
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RE: Andean Bear - epaiva - 04-17-2018

Andean Bears diet consist of 80% vegetables and 20% small vertebrates and insects
Book Un Oso Venezolano El Oso Frontino (Denis Alexander Torres and Edgar Yerena)

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RE: Andean Bear - epaiva - 04-17-2018

Andean Bears in Venezuela, they make big Nests where they rest
Book Un Oso Venezolano El Oso Frontino (Denis Alexander Torres and Edgar Yerena)

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RE: Andean Bear - epaiva - 04-21-2018

Credit to Andean Bear expert Denis Alexander Torres

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RE: Andean Bear - Shir Babr - 07-19-2018

First pictures of a wild golden spectacled bear in Peru. Photos by Michael Tweddle.

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RE: Andean Bear - Shir Babr - 07-24-2018

Camera trap of the above individual.

RE: Andean Bear - GrizzlyClaws - 07-24-2018

(07-19-2018, 07:18 AM)Shir Babr Wrote: First pictures of a wild golden spectacled bear in Peru. Photos by Michael Tweddle.

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Could be closely resembled to the prehistoric short faced bears.

RE: Andean Bear - Shir Babr - 07-25-2018

(07-24-2018, 10:57 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:
(07-19-2018, 07:18 AM)Shir Babr Wrote: First pictures of a wild golden spectacled bear in Peru. Photos by Michael Tweddle.

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Could be closely resembled to the prehistoric short faced bears.

There's a Natgeo documentary about Arctodus where they reconstructed it resembling a spectacled bear:

RE: Andean Bear - GrizzlyClaws - 07-25-2018

(07-25-2018, 04:32 AM)Shir Babr Wrote:
(07-24-2018, 10:57 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:
(07-19-2018, 07:18 AM)Shir Babr Wrote: First pictures of a wild golden spectacled bear in Peru. Photos by Michael Tweddle.

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Could be closely resembled to the prehistoric short faced bears.

There's a Natgeo documentary about Arctodus where they reconstructed it resembling a spectacled bear:

The coloration pattern of the short faced bear in the documentary film "Monsters we met" was closer to the brown spectacled bear.