What kinds of bears do you have? What is the purpose of the tail?

Bear is a large omnivorous mammal, which is a large bear family composed of lazy bear, spectacle bear, Malay bear and bear. Bears are gentle when they are not threatened or dangerous, but they are easy to get angry, and the consequences are unthinkable once they are provoked. The bear has a large head and fat and short limbs, mainly distributed in Asia, Europe, North and South America and other places. Let's take a look at what kinds of bears there are. What is the purpose of the tail?

What are the species of bears?

1. Big Brown Bear

Distribution: the great brown bear is mainly distributed in Europe and the Asian continent north of the Himalayas, the main grizzly bear in North America, is a very dangerous animal, but there are not many left.

Appearance: the big brown bear is very large, standing almost 9 feet tall. Of course, there is also a smaller one called the Syrian brown bear.

Eating habits: Brown bears are not picky about meat and have a very good appetite, such as plants, insects, honey, fish, and even deer, sheep and cattle.

2. American black bear

Appearance: the American black bear is the smallest and most common bear in North America. It comes in many colors, such as black, brown, gray and white.

Distribution: mainly distributed in the forests of Canada and the central and eastern United States.

Features: very good at climbing trees, cosmopolitan, will also enter the home to steal food on livestock, generally will not attack humans, unless threatened.

3. Malay bear

Appearance: Malay bear is the smallest of bear breeds.

Distribution: Malay bears are mainly distributed in the tropical and subtropical forests of Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula and southern China.

Eating habits: Malay bears like to eat plant fruits, leaves, termites, insects, etc., usually come out at night.

4. Glasses bear

Distribution: bespectacled bears are mainly distributed in the northern part of South America and are the only bear species that reach the southern hemisphere.

Eating habits: bespectacled bears are one of the most popular botanical foods, eating all kinds of fruits, leaves, roots and stems, and rarely eating insects.

5. Polar bear

Appearance: polar bear coat color is milky white, very beautiful, the head is relatively small, the neck is longer.

Distribution: polar bears are mainly distributed in the Arctic. Because Arctic Eskimos like to hunt them very much, there are not many of them left.

Eating habits: polar bears like to eat walruses, seals and fish.

What is the function of a bear's tail?

A bear's tail is not long, but it can also maintain balance. In addition, the tail can also cover private places without giving off smell. The reason why bears' tails have evolved to be so short is to keep each other from grabbing their tails during a fight.

The above is the introduction of bear breeds and the function of tail. I hope it will be helpful to you.