cinnamomum (WY, eastern CO, ID, western MT, southwestern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia), U. carlottae (Queen Charlotte islands of British Columbia), U. americanus (widespread from Alaska to the Atlantic), U. Taxonomists generally separate black bears into 16 subspecies based on minor differences in appearance and DNA: Ursus americanus altifrontalis (Pacific Northwest), U. It differs from grizzly bears in being smaller with a smaller shoulder hump, a furred rear instep, a less concave facial profile, smaller claws that are more tightly curved, and longer, smoother, and more tapered ears.Ĭlassification of Ursus americanus, the American black bear: Kingdom: Animal, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Subclass: Theria, Infraclass: Eutheria, Order: Carnivora, Suborder: Fissipedia, Family: Ursidae, Subfamily: Ursinae (all bears except the giant panda and the spectacled bears), Genus: Ursus, Subgenus: Euarctos, Species: americanus. It has small eyes, rounded ears, a long snout, a large body, a short tail, and shaggy hair. General Description:The black bear is approximately 4 to 7 feet from nose to tail, and two to three feet high at the withers. A problem for black bears is that literature about bears often does not separate black bears from grizzly bears. Dominant themes of our folklore are fear of the unknown and man against nature, and bears have traditionally been portrayed as the villains to support those themes, unfairly demonizing them to the public. Bear folklore is confusing because it is based on caricatures, with Teddy Bears and the kindly Smokey on one hand and ferocious magazine cover drawings on the other. Bears are among the first animals that children learn to recognize. References to bears are found in ancient and modern literature, folk songs, legends, mythology, children stories, and cartoons. Folklore: Perhaps no other animals have so excited the human imagination as bears.
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