HIMALAYAN BROWN BEAR
DESCRIPTION: The Himalayan Brown Bear is the
world’s largest terrestrial carnivore. It is considerably smaller than its more
famed relatives – the Grizzly and the Kodiak Bears. However, it is still a very
large bear with a thick, reddish brown coat with no clear chest markings that
are present in most other bears. In young cubs, however, an indistinct chest
marking is seen, and this can be visible even in some adults in a new summer
coat. The coat is shorter in summer and longer in winter, individual hair
reaching up to eight inches in length.The darker brown of new pelage can turn
reddish brown in an older coat. Its claws are white in colour unlike the black
of the Himalayan Black Bear.
BEHAVIOUR: This is the least arboreal bear
and is largely terrestrial as an adaptation to life in the rolling uplands,
above the treeline. It hibernates in winter.
DISTRIBUTION: Through the Western Himalayan
states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand (3,000–5,000
m).
HABITAT: It is not primarily a forest animal and inhabits alpine scrub and meadows above the treeline, although it is occasionally found in subalpine forests.
Size :150–280 cm
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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