Asiatic black bear: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	moon bear • Tibetan bear • Selenarctos thibetanus • Ursus thibetanus • Himalayan bear

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Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) with a distinctive pale chest marking sits among green plants in a forest clearing.

World map showing the geographic ranges of the eight bear species, each marked in a different color. The American black bear is found across much of North America, the polar bear in Arctic regions, the brown bear across northern North America, Europe, and Asia, and the spectacled bear in a small area of northwestern South America. In Asia, the Asiatic black bear, sloth bear, sun bear, and giant panda have distinct, mostly non-overlapping ranges in the eastern and southern parts of the continent.

An illustration of an Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) sitting upright, showing its dark fur and distinctive white chest marking, with a scale bar indicating 30 centimeters or 12 inches for size reference.

Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) standing on green vegetation in a forest, with dark fur and a lighter patch on its chest.

Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)

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