Andean Bear

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Andean Bears Tremarctos ornatus in Venezuela

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Andean Bear Tremarctos ornatus: it is the most herbivorous of Bears after Giant Panda oportunistically eats cacti, moss, orchids, bamboo, tree wood, palms, honey, invertebrates, birds and small mammals. Individuals ocasionally kill livestock, but most carcasses are probably scavenged.
Head and body length 130-180 cm, shoulder height 65-80 cm, weight females 65-80kg, weight males 100-170kg
Solitary but reported to eat in groups in cornfields and cactus groves, home ranges in radio collared bears in Ecuador overlap considerable and average 34 km2 in females and 150 km2 in males. It is very difficult to spot them in the wild, when ever they see a human they stay away, one of the persons that knows more about them in Venezuela (Denis Alexander Torres) has seen only one Andean Bear in the wild. Pictures taken from the book (Un Oso Venezolano El Oso Frontino). Reply