What kind of animal is a bear?

Many people must have seen bears come and go. There are two bears in them. Bears are smart and lazy. In fact, bears are not like this in real life. So, what kind of animal is a bear?

What kind of animal is a bear?

Bear belongs to the bear family, which is a large family. There are 5 genera: panda, spectacle bear, bear, lazy bear and Malay bear. There are 8 species: giant panda, glasses bear, brown bear, American black bear, Asian black bear, polar bear, lazy bear and Malay bear.

Where are the bears distributed?

There are many kinds of bears and their distribution is also different.

1. Giant panda: it is only distributed in the temperate forests on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, mainly including Qinling Mountains and Minshan Mountains in Shaanxi and Sichuan, and lives in alpine bamboo forests ranging from 2400 to 3500 meters. Generally living alone, traveling day and night, the food is mainly 50 kinds of bamboo on high and sub-alpine mountains, and occasionally eats other plants, insects and animal carcasses.

2. Glasses bears: only distributed in South America, living in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, southwest Argentina and southern Panama in central and western South America. Usually at dusk or at night, they sleep in tree holes, caves or tree trunks during the day, feed on pineapples and cacti, and also eat all kinds of berries, honey, plant roots, bamboo, sugar cane and so on.

3. Brown bear: widely distributed in Eurasia and North America, mainly inhabiting coniferous forests or coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests in mountainous areas. Mostly in the daytime activities, usually act alone, eating more miscellaneous, plants include a variety of rhizomes, tubers, forage, grains and fruits, like to eat honey, animals including ants, ant eggs, insects, rodents, hoofed, fish and carrion.

4. American black bear: widely distributed in North America, mainly inhabiting coniferous forests and deciduous broad-leaved forests and woodlands. Living alone, omnivorous, the main food is plant food, eating fruits, seeds, fungi, nuts, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, taros, pine seeds, acorns and all kinds of berries, as well as insects, fish, frogs, bird eggs and small beasts. Like digging ant hives and hives.

5. Asian black bear: mainly distributed in India, Nepal, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Indo-China Peninsula, Afghanistan, Russia and China, inhabiting humid jungle areas, especially mountain forests. Generally live alone, nocturnal activities, eating more miscellaneous, to plant leaves, buds, fruits, seeds for food, sometimes also eat insects, bird eggs and small beasts.

6. Polar bears: distributed in the Arctic and nearby countries, their activities are mainly in the waters near the Arctic Ocean with floating ice. Living alone, carnivorous, mainly preys on seals, especially ringed seals, as well as bearded seals, saddle seals, crested seals, also catches walruses, beluga whales, seabirds, fish, small mammals, and sometimes cleans carrion. Summer also eats berries or plant roots.

7. Lazy bears: mainly distributed in India and Sri Lanka, but also in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Foraging at night, the main food is termites and other insects, but also eat leaves, flowers, fruit, and will pick up carrion, love to eat honey.

8. Malay bear: mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and South Asia, a small amount in Lvchun, Yunnan, China and Xizang Mangkang, living in tropical and subtropical forests. Sexual loneliness, resting in trees during the day, nocturnal activities, omnivorous, eating leaves, fruits, honey, insects and small animals.