Spectacled bear  (Tremarctos ornatus)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (23/09/09) by J. Fernando Del Moral, AndígenA Foundation Associate Researcher:
http://www.andigena.org / Member of the International Association for Bear Research and Management.

Glossary

  • Carrion: the flesh of a dead animal.
  • Diurnal: active during the day.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Omnivore: an organism that feeds on both plants and animals.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  3. Nowak, R.M. (1991) Walker’s Mammals of the World.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  4. CITES (March, 2003)
    http://www.cites.org
  5. WWF: Spectacled Bear (September, 2009)
    http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/spectacled_bear/
  6. Servheen, C., Herrero, S. and Peyton, B. (1999) Bears: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.IUCN/SSC Bear and Polar Bear Specialist Groups, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Available at: http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/1999-004.pdf
  7. Velez-Liendo, X. (2006) Pers. comm.
  8. Del Moral, J.F. and Bracho, A.E. (2009) Indicios indirectos de la presencia del oso andino (Tremarctos ornatus Cuvier, 1825) en el noroeste de Argentina. Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat., 11: 69 - 76.
  9. Figueroa, J. and Stucchi, M. (2009) El Oso Andino: Alcances Sobre su Historia Natural.Asociación para la Investigación y Conservación de la Biodiversidad-AICB, Lima, Peru.
  10. Paisley, S. (2001) Andean Bears and People in Apolobamba, Bolivia: Culture, Conflicts and Conservation.Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
  11. WWF: Spectacled Bear - Threats (April, 2003)
    http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/spectacled_bear/specbear_threats/
  12. Goldstein, I., Paisley, S., Wallace, R., Jorgenson, J.P., Cuesta, F. and Castellanos, A. (2006) Andean bear-livestock conflicts: a review. Ursus, 17: 8 - 15.
  13. Torres, D. (2008) Caracterización de Conflictos Socio-Espaciales entre la Ganadería y los Grandes Mamíferos Carnívoros en el Sector Cuenca del Río Nuestra Señora, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada, Venezuela.Trabajo Especial de Grado, Escuela de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universided de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
  14. Kölner Zoo (September, 2009)
    http://www.koelnerzoo.de/
  15. Andean Bear Conservation Project (September, 2009)
    http://www.andeanbear.org/
  16. AndígenA Foundation (September, 2009)
    http://www.andigena.org/
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