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WILDLIFE BIOLOGYWILDLIFE BIOLOGY
BROWN BEAR NOTESBROWN BEAR NOTES
RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION• There were about __ subspecies of brown bears in North America!
We are considering 3- the _______ _____________ and ______ - different because of _________________.
87 Grizzly, Alaskan Brown, Kodiak
Geographical range
•______ and ______ first recorder information about the brown bear, and brought the information to ______.
Lewis ClarkEurope
•Was once found in the entire ________ half of North America, from _______ to _______;
now gone from _______ and all of US except for the
_______________________ area.
WesternAlaska Mexico
Mexico
Rocky Mountain and Alaska
They seem to prefer somewhat _____ areas, clearings, and especially the _______ meadows (in the more northern areas).
opentundra
Home range is ___ to ______ square miles, depending on ____________.
10 1,000Food supply
PHYSICAL DATA Have _______, bushy fur with ______-tipped hairs (thus the
name “________”)coarse lightgrizzly
______ brown bears are about the size of ______ black bearsSmall largeThey range from ____ to ______ pounds
___-___ feet tall (standing)
___-___ feet tall at the shoulder (on all fours)
300 1,200
8 9
4 5
The record was a _______ bear - ______ pounds!Kodiak 1,656
Known for their shoulder ______, and _______ faces (black bear snouts make a _________ line in side profile)
humps concavestraight
Furs range from almost ______ to almost _____- but most are consistent ______-tipped brown
blonde blacklight
http://www.mountainnature.com/Wildlife/Bears/BearSigns.htm
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HABITS ETC. Excellent ________ and ______- average to poor _________hearing smell eyesight
Movement is a ___________, but can run up to ___ mph, and easily catch ____________
Slow walk 35Black bears
Excellent ___________ swimmers
Solitary, except for ______________, ________________, and groups gathering at _________________.
Mating couples Females with cubsFeeding sights
They hibernate for _____ time during the winter than ______ bears do
less black
Prefer to ______ humans, but are far more potentially __________ than black bears
avoid aggressive
Life span record is ___ years in captivity29
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FEEDING HABITS They are __________-usually ______ vegetation also ________,
_____, ________, small ________, _________ animals
omnivores 80-90% carrion
fish insects insects domestic
______ will eat _____, so females are very _________Males cubs protective
From _____ to _________ they feast on _____ ______ whenever possible
June September Pacific salmon
They _______ their food by loosely ________ it with _______ and
_______; they _________ nearby and _______ _____ it.
“cache” burying leaves
debris “bed-down” Fiercely guard
REPRODUCTION ETC. ________ reach sexual maturity in __ to __ yearsFemales 5 7
Females breed _____ _____ year;
during __________ years they are still busy ________ and caring for _____ _____
every other
alternate nursingearlier cubs
Males are ___________, looking for ______ each yearpolygamous mates
____ -____ day gestation period (about __ months from time of __________)
229 266 8conception
_______ ___________ until late _______; cubs born in the ____ from ________ to ______
Delayed inplantation autumn denJanuary March
________ and _____ den together the following _______, then separate in the _______
Females cubs winterspring
@Amanda Knapp’sGrandParentsOnamia, MNJanuary 2006
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