Animals / Mammal

Spectacled bear

Tremarctos ornatus · Ursidae

The spectacled bear, also known as the Andean bear, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America. It is the only living species of bear native to South America, and the last remaining short-faced bear. Unlike other omnivorous bears, the diet of the spectacled bear is mostly herbivorous.

Where the Spectacled bear lives

Recorded in Colombia and Ecuador (South America).

Most records fall in Cundinamarca, Tungurahua, Imbabura, Pichincha, Huila and Santander.

See the Spectacled bear’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 10,864 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.