Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)

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It is 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 and its closest relatives are the extinct Florida spectacled bear, and the 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.

 

The species typically has distinctive beige or ginger-coloured markings across its face and upper chest. Males are a third larger than females in dimensions and sometimes twice their weight. Males can weigh from 100 to 200 kg, and females can weigh from 35 to 82 kg. Head-and-body length can range from 120 to 200 cm , though mature males do not measure less than 150 cm.

 

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