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Bears are large, heavily built animals with big heads, short powerful limbs, short tails and small eyes. Their skulls are massive, with a dental formula of I 3/3, c 1/1, p 4/4 and m 2/3, except for the sloth bear, which has only 2 upper incisors. There are 8 species, if one includes the Giant Panda. |
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Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) A South American native, the Spectacled Bear can reach a weight of 175 kilograms.
Largely herbivorous, the diet is reported to contain just 4% animal food. The lower jaw of this bear is unique
among the living bears in having a double masseteric fossa.
California Academy of Sciences specimen. |
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Asiatic (Himalayan) Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) A true omnivore, this bear weighs up 150 kilograms.
California Academy of Science specimen. Length of skull 10.0 inches. Price $159.00 |
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American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Males can reach a weight of 270 kilograms. Found primarily in forests
from coast to coast. It eats an omnivorous diet consisting of about 75% plant foods. Female skull. Length of skull 10.8 inches. Price $139.00 |
American Black Bear (Ursus americanus). Cast of the record Black Bear from California, this male skull has a
length of 14.0 inches. California Academy of Science specimen.
Price $139.00
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Kodiak Brown (Grizzly) Bear (Ursus arctos middendorfi). California Academy of Science specimen from Kodiak Island, Alaska.
This species is found in both the Old and the New World. Some populations are more carnivorous than are others. Skull length 17.0 inches. Price $280.00 |
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Polar Bear (Thalarctos maritimus). Males can weigh as much as 800 kilograms. The main prey of the Polar Bear is the
Ringed Seal. Length of skull 15.9 inches. Price $250.00 |
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Malayan Sun Bear (heliarctos malayanus) This is the smallest species of bear, with adult males weighing only 65 kilograms.
California Academy of Science specimen. Length of skull 8.9 inches. Price $159.00 |
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Sloth Bear (Ursus ursinus) This unusual bear reaches a weight of 145 kilograms. The skull shows several structural
modifications related to its diet of termites: the central pair of upper incisors is missing, and the palate is hollowed.
California Academy of Science specimen. Length of skull: 13.2 inches. Price $159.00 |
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Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) The darling of conservationists everywhere, the Panda feeds almost exclusively
on bamboo shoots, has an accessory bone in the wrist that forms an opposable "thumb" for stripping the leaves.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia specimen. Length of skull: 10.5 inches. Price $230.00 |
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Giant Short-faced Bear (Arctodus simus) The largest predator from the La Brea tarpits. Page Museum specimen. Length of skull: 13.2 inches. Price $159.00 |
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European Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) Found in incredible numbers in caves from England to the USSR, this species has been
the subject of many studies of evolutionary processes. Length of skull: 19 inches. Price $220.00 |
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European Cave Bear Cub (Ursus spelaeus) Length of skull: 8.5 inches. Price $132.00 |
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