Spectacled bear  (Tremarctos ornatus)

Range

Found throughout the Andes mountain range in South America, from western Venezuela to the northwest of Argentina (2) (3) (6) (7) (8).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The spectacled bear has a reputation for being adaptable, as it is found in a wide variety of habitats and altitudes throughout its range, including cloud forests, high altitude grasslands, dry forest and scrub desert, at altitudes of 250 to 4,750 metres, to the snowline (2) (3) (6) (9).

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