Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

Black Bear

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Mammal

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ursidae

Genus: Ursus

Species: Ursus americanus

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
MA SWAP (2015) - SGCN
RI WAP (2015) - SGCN
VT WAP (2015) - SGCN (Medium Priority)

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Ursus americanus

Ursus americanus — Track, shown with a 4.6- by 7-inch notebook
Merrimack County, NH
Date: 2010-05-20

Ursus americanus — Track
Merrimack County, NH
Date: 2010-05-20

Ursus americanus — Track
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2010-05-26

Ursus americanus — Tracks
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2010-05-26

Ursus americanus — Tracks
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2014-09-12

Ursus americanus — Claw marks on tree
Merrimack County, NH
Date: 2010-05-06

Ursus americanus — Claw marks on tree
Merrimack County, NH
Date: 2010-05-06

Ursus americanus — Scat
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2010-07-02

Ursus americanus — Hair, rubbed on a utility pole
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2010-06-30