Asian Black Bear Herbivorous Animal

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the moon bear or white-chest bear, is a medium-sized species of bear, most adapted for arboreal life, look at a lot of the Himalayas and the northern part of the continent of India, Korea, northeastern China, Russian far east and Honshū and Shikoku islands of Japan. It is classified by the IUCN as a vulnerable species, especially because of deforestation and active hunting for its body parts. This species is very similar morphological some prehistoric bears, and is believed by some scientists to be descended from other species extant bears. Although most of the herbivorous, Asian black bears can be very aggressive toward humans, and have frequently attacked people without provocation. Species described by Rudyard Kipling as "the most bizarre of the ursine species."

Asian black bears are similar in general appearance to brown bears, but more lightly built and more slender legs. Asian black bear skull is relatively small, but great, especially in the lower jaw. Adult males have skulls measuring 311.7 to 328 mm (12.3 to 13 in) long and 199.5 to 228 mm (7.9 to 9 in), while females have skulls measuring 291.6 to 315 mm ( 11.5 to 12.4 in) long and 163-173 mm (6.4 to 6.8 in) wide. Compared with other bears of the genus Ursus, the projection of the skull to grow weak, low sagittal crest and short, even in old specimens, and does not exceed more than 19-20% of the total length of the skull, such as the brown bear, which has peaks sagittal consists of up to 41% of the length of the skull.

Although most of the herbivorous, Asian black bears jaw structure are not specific to food crops as pandas: Asian black bears have much narrower zygomatic arches, and the weight ratio of the two muscles pterygoideus also much smaller in Asian black bears. However, slip lateral temporal muscles are thicker and stronger in black bears.

Unlike polar bears, Asian black bears have powerful upper body for climbing trees, and relatively weak hind legs, which are shorter than the brown bear and the American black bear. A black bear with broken hind legs can still climb effectively. They are the most bipedal of all bears, and has been known to walk upright for more than a quarter mile. Heel pads on the front feet larger than most other species of bear. Their claws, which are primarily used for climbing and digging, a little longer in the front legs (30-45 mm) from the back (18-36 mm), and larger and more hooked than those of American black bears. Ear, which is bell-shaped, which is proportionally much longer than other bears, and stay out of the well head. The lips and nose are larger and more mobile than brown bears.

On average, adult black bears slightly smaller than American black bears, although large males can exceed the size of some other species of bear. They measure 70-100 cm (28-40 in) at the shoulder, and 120-195 cm (47-77 in) long. The tail is 11 cm (4.4 inches) long. Adult male usually has a weight between 100-200 kg (220-440 lbs), with an average weight of around 135 kg (about 300 lbs). Women weigh about 65-90 kg (143-198 lbs), with a large up to 140 kg (308 lbs). Of British sport known as "Old Shekarry" wrote about how black bear he shot in India probably weighing no less than 363 kg (800 lbs) based on how many people are needed to lift his body, though Gary Brown, author of The Great Bear Almanac wrote that the largest Asian black bears on record weighed 200 kg (440 lbs). Zoo-straight specimens can weigh up to 225 kg (500 lbs). Despite their senses worse than the brown bear, poor eyesight, and they listen to moderate strength, upper limit to be 30 kHz.

Asian black bears are diurnal, though they become nocturnal near human settlements. They may live in family groups consisting of two adults and two young successive litters. They will walk in procession to the smallest largest. They are good climbers of rocks and trees, and will climb to feed, rest, sun, avoid enemies and hibernate. Some older bears may become too heavy to climb. Spent half of their lives in trees and they are one of the largest arboreal mammal. In the Ussuri territory, black bears can spend up to 15% of their time in trees. Asian black bears break branches and twigs to place under themselves when feeding on trees, causing many trees in their home ranges have a nest-like structure at their peak. Asian black bears will rest for a short period in nests in trees standing fifteen meters or higher.

Asian black bears do not hibernate for a large part of their territory. They may hibernate in their colder, northern ranges, though some bears will simply move to a lower elevation. Almost all pregnant sow hibernation. Black bears prepare their dens for hibernation in mid-October, and will sleep from November to March. Well can be dug their nest hollow trees (sixty meters above the ground), caves or holes in the ground, hollow wood, or steep, mountainous and sunny slopes.

They also may den in abandoned brown bear dens. Asiatic black bears tend to den at lower elevation and on less steep slopes of the brown bear. Female black bears emerge from dens later than men, and female black bear with his son appeared later than barren. Asian black bears tend to be less mobile than brown bears. With enough food, Asian black bears can remain in the area around 1-2 sq km, and sometimes even as little as 0.5 to 1 km square.

Asian black bears have various vocalisation, including snoring, whining, roaring, sipping voice (sometimes made when feeding) and "an appalling row" when wounded, scared or angry. They emit loud hissing when issuing warnings or threats, and scream when fighting. When approaching other bears, they produce "tut tut" sound, produced by a bear estimated flicking their tongues against their mouths ceiling. During courtship, they emit sound cackle.