SPECTACLED BEAR

URSIDAE

COMMON NAME	FAMILY	GENUS	SCIENTIFIC NAME	SUB SPECIES - 0
SPECTACLED BEAR	Ursidae	Tremarctos	Tremarctos ornatus
The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean bear or Andean short-faced bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara),ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is the last remaining short-faced bear (subfamily Tremarctinae) and the closest living relative to the Florida spectacled bear and giant short-faced bears of the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene age. Spectacled bears are the only surviving species of bear native to South America, and the only surviving member of the subfamily Tremarctinae.

POLAR BEAR

URSIDAE

COMMON NAME	FAMILY	GENUS	SCIENTIFIC NAME	SUB SPECIES - 0
POLAR BEAR	Ursidae	Ursus	Ursus maritimus
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi).  A boar (adult male) weighs around 350–700 kg (770–1,540 lb), while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their scientific name means "maritime bear", and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present. The polar bear is classified as a vulnerable species, with eight of the nineteen polar bear sub populations in decline. For decades, large scale hunting raised international concern for the future of the species but populations rebounded after controls and quotas began to take effect. For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of Arctic indigenous peoples, and polar bears remain important in their cultures.

BROWN BEAR

URSIDAE

COMMON NAME	FAMILY	GENUS	SCIENTIFIC NAME	SUB SPECIES - 15
BROWN BEAR	Ursidae	Ursus	Ursus arctos	1.   Eurasian Brown Bear - Ursus arctos arctos
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America. Adult bears generally weigh between 100 and 635 kg (220 and 1,400 lb). Its largest subspecies, the Kodiak bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family and as the largest land-based predator. There are several recognized subspecies within the brown bear species. In North America, two types of the subspecies Ursus arctos horribilis are generally recognized—the coastal brown bear and the inland grizzly bear; these two types broadly define the range of sizes of all brown bear subspecies. An adult grizzly living inland in Yukon may weigh as little as 80 kg (180 lb), while an adult coastal brown bear in nearby coastal Alaska living on a steady, nutritious diet of spawning salmon may weigh as much as 680 kg (1,500 lb). The exact number of overall brown subspecies remains in debate. While the brown bear's range has shrunk and it has faced local extinctions, it remains listed as a least concern species by the IUCN with a total population of approximately 200,000. As of 2012, this and the American black bear are the only bear species not classified as threatened by the IUCN. However, the Californian, North African (Atlas bear), and Mexican subspecies were hunted to extinction in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and many of the southern Asian subspecies are highly endangered. The smallest subspecies the Himalayan brown bear is critically endangered occupying only 2% of its former range and threatened by uncontrolled poaching for its parts. The Marsican brown bear in central Italy is believed to have a population of just 30 to 40 bears. The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, India, China, Canada, the United States (mostly Alaska), and the Carpathian region (especially Romania), The brown bear is recognized as a national and state animal in several European countries. It is the most widely distributed of all bears.				2.   (Ursus arctos alascensis)
				3.   Kamchatka Brown Bear - Ursus arctos beringianus
				4.   East Siberian Brown Bear - Ursus arctos collaris
				5.   (Ursus arctos dalli)
				6.   Peninsular Brown Bear - Ursus arctos gyas
				7.   Grizzly Bear - Ursus arctos horribilis
				8.   Himalayan Brown Bear - Ursus arctos isabellinus
				9.   Ussuri Brown Bear - Ursus arctos lasiotus
				10. Kodiak Bear - Ursus arctos middendorffi
				11. Tibetan Blue Bear - Ursus arctos pruinosus
				12. (Ursus arctos sitkensis)
				13. (Ursus arctos stikeenensis)
				14. Syrian Brown Bear - Ursus arctos syriacus
				15. Marsican Brown Bear - Ursus arctos marsicanus

ASIAN BLACK BEAR

URSIDAE

COMMON NAME	FAMILY	GENUS	SCIENTIFIC NAME	SUB SPECIES - 7
ASIAN BLACK BEAR	Ursidae	Ursus	Ursus thibetanus	1.  Formosan Black Bear - Ursus thibetanus formosanus
The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the moon bear or white-chested bear, is a medium-sized species of bear, largely adapted for arboreal life, seen across much of the Himalayas and the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Taiwan, Korea, northeastern China, the Russian far east and the Honshū and Shikoku islands of Japan. It is classed by the IUCN as a vulnerable species, mostly due to deforestation and active hunting for its body parts. The species is morphologically very similar to some prehistoric bears, and is thought by some scientists to be the ancestor of other extant bear species. Though largely herbivorous, Asian black bears can be very aggressive toward humans, and have frequently attacked people without provocation. The species was described by Rudyard Kipling as "the most bizarre of the ursine species."				2.  Baluchistan Bear - Ursus thibetanus gedrosianus
				3.  Japanese Black Bear - Ursus thibetanus japonicus
				4.  Himalayan Black Bear - Ursus thibetanus laniger
				5.  Inchochinese Black Bear - Ursus thibetanus mupinensis
				6.  Tibetan Black Bear - Ursus thibetanus thibetanus
				7.  Ussuri Black Bear - Ursus thibetanus ussuricus