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Bears are very strong with a thick muscular body, thick legs and a massive skull.
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Their eyes and ears are small.
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They use their snout for smelling
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They are found in tropics, but more numerous in cold northern lands
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Bears prefer to hibernate during winter.
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Asiatic Black Bear, Polar bear, Himalayan Brown Bear, European brown Bear, spectacled, sloth, Kodiak bears and sun bear, Grizzly, and are carnivores.
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The American black bears are herbivores.
There are 7 species of bears: Grizzly or brown bear, Polar bear, American black bear , Asian black bear, Sloth bear, Sun bear, Spectacled bear.
    
  
                 Sun Bear                                                                                       Brown Bear                                                                                   Polar Bear
  
    
      
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                     Sloth Bear                                                                                 Spectacled Bear                                                                American Black Bear
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While the polar bear is classified as threatened or vulnerable it is included here since there numbers are reducing due to global warming.
CHARACTERISTICS
GRIZZLY BEAR
SLOTH BEAR
SUN BEAR
POLARÂ Â Â BEAR
SPECTACLED BEAR
SIZE
(HEAD – BODY LENGTH)
5 TO 8 FEET
1.5 TO 2.5 METERS
 6 FEET LONG
 1.20 TO 1.50 M ( 3.94 TO 4.92 FEET)
180 – 250 CENTIMETERS ( 5 FEET TO 11 INCHESÂ – 8 FEET 3 INCHES )
5 TO 6 FEET ( 1.5 TO 1.8)
WEIGHT
800 IBS (363 KG)
 300 LBS
 27-65KG (59.4 – 143LB)
900 TO 1,600 LBS ( 410 TO 720 KG )
 220 TO 340 LBS ( 100 TO 154 KG )
COAT COLOR
BROWN
 LONG SHAGGY BLACK FUR OR LARGE WHITE OR YELLOW Y SHAPED PATCH OF HAIR ON CHESTS
 ENTIRELY BACK IN COLOR EXCEPT FOR THE U SHAPED PATCH ON THE CHEST GREY TO FAINTLY ORANGE MUZZLE
WHITE COLOR
 They have black to brown shaggy fur with distinct white or yellow markings on the face around their eyes.
MAIN DIFFERENCE
 THE MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED BEAR IN THE WORLD
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SMALLEST BEAR IN NORTH AMERICA. ITS ALSO THE MOST COMMON IN THE REGION
SMALLEST BEARS IN THE BEAR SPECIES.
THEY ARE THE RAREST OF ALL THE BEAR SPECIES
THE MOST CARNIVORES BEAR IN THE BEAR FAMILY.
THEY DON’T NEED TO TAKE WATER, THEY GET LIQUID FROM THEIR DIET
SOUTH AMERICA
STATUS
ENDANGERED SERIOUS THREAT OF DECLINING SERIOUS THREAT OF DECLINING THREATENED THREATENED
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