Giant Panda
Age Range: 14 – 20 years in the wild.
Height: 70 – 80 cm to the shoulders.
Length: 1.5m from nose to tail.
Weight: Adult Males 100 -150 kg. Adult Female 125 kg.
Family: Ursidae.
Vision: Good, especially at night. Limited colour vision and shades of grey.
Hearing: Excellent.
Smell: Excellent.
Critical Rating: 1600 – 2000 left in the wild. Very endangered.
Offspring: Normally 2 cubs are born but the mother chooses to raise only one.
Location: The mountains of Central and South-Western China
Speed: Unknown, but bears in captivity can run 50 kph.
Diet: Although they are capable carnivores, they have adapted to eat mainly bamboo, this makes up around 99% of their diet. They have also been known to eat fruit, eggs, fish and rodents.
Polar Bear
Age Range: Polar Bears normally live between 18 and 25 years old in the wild.
Height: 1.6m to the shoulders. Polar Bears can stand up to 3m tall.
Length: 1.8 – 3m from nose to tail.
Weight: Adult Males 350 – 700 kg. Adult Female 150 – 250 kg. Females can weigh twice as much when they are fully pregnant.
Family: Ursidae.
Vision: Good. Very Good underwater. Bears can see in colour.
Hearing: Very Good. At least twice as sensitive as a human and a larger frequency range.
Smell: Excellent.
Critical Rating: Very Threatened. 20,000 – 25,000 total.
Offspring: Normally twins. 2 – 3 cubs.
Location: Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia.
Speed: up to 40 kph.
Diet: Carnivore. Primarily seals, but also walrus, (beached) whales, birds, eggs, and kelp.
Brown Bear
Age Range: On average 20 to 25 years.
Height: 1.20m – 1.35m from the ground to shoulder top. Up to 3m standing on its hind legs.
Length: 2m – 2.5m from nose to tip of the tail.
Weight: Adult males 150 – 520kg. Adult female 120 – 350kg.
Family: Ursidae.
Vision: Good. Brown Bears can see in colour.
Hearing: Very Good. At least twice as sensitive as a human and a larger frequency range.
Smell: Excellent.
Critical Rating: +/- 200,000. Endangered but not critical.
Offspring: 2-4 cubs normally born in January. Mother gives birth every 3-5 years.
Location: Canada, United States, Scandinavia, Spain, France, Central Europe, Russia, Greece.
Speed: up to 56 kph.
Diet: Carnivore. Fruits, nuts, vegetation, insects (including the larvae and pupae), small rodents, carrion, honey comb. Occasionally they eat deer, moose, elk and other larger animals.
Black Bear
Age Range: On average 20 to 30 years if they die naturally.
Height: 75 cm – 1m from paws to shoulders. Up to 2.2m standing on its hind legs.
Length: 1.2m – 2.1m from nose to tail.
Weight: Adult males 80 – 275 kg. Adult female 40 – 160 kg.
Family: Ursidae.
Vision: Good. Black bears can see in colour.
Hearing: Very Good. At least twice as sensitive as a human and a larger frequency range.
Smell: Excellent.
Critical Rating: 600,000 (North America) +/- 60,000 (Asian) – Threatened.
Offspring: 2-3 cubs normally born in January. Mother gives birth every 2 years.
Location: North America, Asia, India, China, Russia, Japan.
Speed: up to 50 kph.
Diet: Carnivore. Fruits, nuts, vegetation, insects (including the larvae and pupae), small rodents, carrion.
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