American Black Bear

The American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), also known as simply the black bear or cinnamon bear, is the most common bear in North America.

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Bear - North America

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The black bear occurs throughout much of North America from northern Canada and Alaska south into Mexico Atlantic to the Pacific. This includes 39 of the 50 U.S. states and all Canadian provinces. Populations in east-central and the southern United States remain in the protected mountains and woodlands of parks and preserves, though bears will occasionally wander outside the parks' boundaries. While there were probably once as many as two million black bears in North America, the population declined to a low of 200,000 before rebounding in recent decades, partly due to conservation measures. By current estimates, more than 600,000 are living today.http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/c286.htm

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Canada - Alaska - Mexico - Atlantic - Pacific - U.S. state

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