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Post by Gorilla king on Aug 30, 2021 0:43:01 GMT -5
The cinnamon bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum) is both a highly variable color morph and a subspecies of the American black bear, native to the central, eastern, and western areas of the United States and Canada. Established populations are found in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Washington, Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, California, Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia.[1] They also have been seen in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Quebec, and New York, and therefore as a subspecies, most likely exist alongside the mostly black-colored eastern American black bears present in those regions, and breed with them. The most striking difference between a cinnamon bear and any other black bear is its brown or red-brown fur, reminiscent of cinnamon.[1] The subspecies was given this designation because the lighter color phase is more common there than in other areas.[clarification needed] It is proposed that the brownish coats actually mimic a grizzly bear.[2]
Description
Like other American black bear subspecies, cinnamon bears are omnivorous. Their diet includes fruit, vegetation, nuts, honey, and occasionally insects and meat, varying from other subspecies because of regional habitat differences.
Cinnamon bears are excellent climbers, good runners, and powerful swimmers. They are mostly nocturnal, though they are sometimes active during daylight. The various color morphs are frequently intermixed in the same family; hence, seeing either a black-colored female with brown or red-brown cubs, a brown-colored female with black or red-brown cubs, or a female of any one of the three colors with a black cub, a brown cub and a red-brown cub, is a common occurrence.
The bears hibernate during the winter, usually from late October or November to March or April, depending upon the weather conditions.[3] Their scat resembles that of domestic dogs.[4]
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_bear
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Post by Gorilla king on Aug 30, 2021 0:44:59 GMT -5
The cinnamon bear (Ursus americanus cinnamomum) is a subspecies of the American black bear. Its only big difference from the common black bear is that the cinnamon bear has a reddish brown coat from which its name is derived. It is believed by many not to be a separate subspecies.
Habitat Cinnamon bears can be seen in Southwestern Canada and Northwestern United States, Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Western Montana, Western Wyoming, Eastern Colorado, and Northeastern Utah (regions with drier climate). Black bears found in moist climates are much more likely to actually be black.
Characteristics The cinnamon bear is very similar in shape and size to the common American black bear. It stands about 3 feet high when on all 4, and it can weigh anywhere from 200 to 600 pounds, depending on food availability. It has a thicker coat of longer and finer hair than the common black bear.
Diet Cinnamon bears are omnivorous creatures, eating mainly vegetation, nuts, fruit, and honey, and occasionally feeding on insects, small rodents, fish, and carrion.
Breeding Females become sexually mature at 4 or 5 years, males at 5 or 6 years. Mating usually occurs from June to mid July. The gestation period lasts about 7 months. There is a delayed implantation in which the fertilized eggs are not implanted into the mother's womb until the fall in order to give her time to build a reserve of fat for her cubs. The mother gives birth to usually 2 or 3 cubs in January or February during hibernation. They remain with their mother for about 17 months.
www.bearsoftheworld.net/cinnamon_bears.asp
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Post by Gorilla king on Aug 30, 2021 0:57:38 GMT -5
BLACK BEAR
Description
In Yellowstone, about 50% of black bears are black in color; others are brown, blond, and cinnamon. Black bears eat almost anything, including grass, fruits, tree cambium, eggs, insects, fish, elk calves, and carrion. Their short, curved claws enable them to climb trees but do not allow them to dig for roots or ants as well as a grizzly bear can.
The life cycle of black bears is similar to grizzly bears. Like grizzly bears, black bears spend most of their time during fall and early winter feeding during hyperphagia. In November, they locate or excavate a den on north-facing slopes between 5,800–8,600 feet (1,768–2,621 m), where they hibernate until late March.
Males and females without cubs are solitary, except during the mating season, May to early July. They may mate with a number of individuals, but occasionally a pair stays together for the entire period. Both genders usually begin breeding at age four. Like grizzly bears, black bears also experience delayed implantation. Total gestation time is 200 to 220 days, but only during the last half of this period does fetal development occur.
Birth occurs in mid-January to early February; the female becomes semiconscious during delivery. Usually two cubs are born. At birth, the cubs are blind, toothless, and almost hairless. After delivery the mother continues to sleep for another two months while the cubs nurse and sleep.
Modern Research
The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the few areas south of Canada where black bears coexist with grizzly bears. Although grizzly bears in Yellowstone have been studied continuously for more than 50 years, very little research has been conducted on the park’s black bears since the 1960s. The last black bear study in YNP was completed during a period when black bear behavior was still influenced by the availability of human foods from garbage dumps, non-bear-proof garbage cans, and recreational hand feeding by park visitors along roadsides.
Thus, there is a scarcity of current information available for park managers to use in making decisions on black bear management. In a current study, a combination of GPS-tracking camera collars and non-invasive DNA samples from hair snares will help biologists learn more about the black bears’ population size and density, predatory rates on elk, home range sizes, movements, food habits, and habitat use.
Results from the data are still being analyzed, but some preliminary data have yielded insights. More black bear hair samples are being collected than was expected. GPS readings from tracking collars are showing male black bears to range farther than previously thought, and video from the collars has shown a new variety of food choices and behaviors.
www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/black-bear.htm
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Post by Gorilla king on Aug 30, 2021 1:05:16 GMT -5
I will post this here because this happened at Yellowstone National Park, and we know for sure that the Cinnamon bear ranges there. It could had also been an Eastern black bear but not sure it ranges at Yellowstone.
When Predators Attack (Each Other): Researchers Document First-known Killing Of A Wolverine By A Black Bear In Yellowstone
Date: May 6, 2003
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society
Summary: Lesson one: don't steal a bear's dinner. Last week, a wolverine - a ferocious member of the weasel family able to kill a caribou - learned this the hard way, according to a team of researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
NEW YORK (MAY 5, 2002) -- Lesson one: don't steal a bear's dinner. Last week, a wolverine - a ferocious member of the weasel family able to kill a caribou - learned this the hard way, according to a team of researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Scientists Kristine and Bob Inman, while tracking the wolverine as part of a WCS study of these rare carnivores, discovered that the animal's radio collar began emitting a "mortality signal," indicating it hadn't moved in several hours. They later found the wolverine's carcass, showing clear evidence that it had been killed by a bear. Nearby, they discovered the carcass of an elk, along with additional evidence that the wolverine had attempted to drag it away from the bear, thus instigating the fatal encounter.
"This incident, where a wolverine decided to battle it out head-on with another carnivore ten times his size, substantiates the species' ferocious and intrepid reputation. The center of the conflict, an elk, may have been a "winter-kill," frozen in the snow until discovered by the bear emerging from its winter hibernation," said Kristine Inman.
The wolverine was one of a number of individuals WCS researchers have been tracking in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for the past two winters. Researchers are investigating threats to wolverine populations to provide state and federal agencies with data about survival and reproductive rates, travel corridors and habitat use. The degree to which increasing development and back-country recreational use in mountainous areas threatens wolverine populations is unknown. Understanding threats to this rare and elusive animal is essential to its conservation.
Last month, another team of WCS researchers discovered another carnivore oddity, when they learned that a mountain lion they were tracking in Yellowstone National Park had been attacked and killed by a pack of wolves.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030506073236.htm
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Aug 30, 2021 7:54:28 GMT -5
The cinnamon bear is like the fiery version of the glacier bear.
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Post by Gorilla king on Aug 30, 2021 10:28:41 GMT -5
Yellowstone Cinnamon Black Bears
We found our first bear to photograph on Sunday afternoon. We were on our way out to Tower Junction and we spotted several cars on the side of the road so we pulled over and parked. There munching grass in a field on the side of the road was a beautiful cinnamon black bear.
Black bear is kind of a misleading term because black bears can be black, cinnamon or even white in color.
The most interesting thing about this bear was that he has blue eyes. Most black bear cubs are born with blue eyes but they typically turn brown during their first summer. This bear is obviously older then that and still has blue eyes which makes him pretty special.
Here is a little closer view of one of the blue eyes. Bears have very small eyes and unless they are looking directly at you they are difficult to photograph. Since he spent most of his time with his snoot on the ground nibbling on grass he did not give many opportunities to photograph his unique eyes.
In comparison this cinnamon black bear gave me at least one straight head on look which let me get a nice shot of its face and eyes.
We found this bear Friday night just past Mammoth as we were on our way back to the hotel. We were one of the first cars to spot it so we got a few really nice pics before the gathering crowd pushed him further from the road.
This bear has brown eyes which are normal. Both of these bears are probably males, due to their size, although I was not about to get close enough to verify their sex. Adult male black bears usually weigh around 150 to 600 pounds where females usually weigh about 100 to 300 pounds.
ecobirder.blogspot.com/2008/06/yellowstone-cinnamon-black-bears.html?m=1
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Mar 5, 2022 9:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Mar 5, 2022 9:32:46 GMT -5
This picture and the one above are cinnamon bears.
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