 Asiatic
black bears are medium sized black bears with a distinct white
patch on their chests and have a white spot on their chins.
Because of this on their chests people in Asia sometimes call
them Moon bears.Their ears are good to help them be spotted
(it helped me and my mum work out who was who) because they are
bigger than any other bears ears.
Size
They grow to 130 to 190 centimetres long and can weigh 100 to
200 kilograms. The females are a lot smaller.
Habitat
They live in forested areas and hill spots of southern Asia
Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan,
Burma, north-eastern China, south-eastern Russia, Taiwan, and on
the Japanese islands of Shikoku and Honshu. They probably don’t
hibernate at winter time.
 Cubs
The cubs are born at different times of the year in different
countries. They stay with their mums for two or three years.
Sometimes the mother bears can be seen with cubs of different
ages.
Diet
Asiatic black bears like to eat fruits, berries, insects,
invertebrates and small vertebrates and carrion. |
