Types Of Bear

  1 The rare Middle Eastern bear The giant double continent of Eurasia has 8 official brown bear subspecies, although the number is up for debate. Common ones include the Eurasian (or European) brown bear and the East Siberian brown bear, and rare ones include the Tibetan blue bear and critically endangered Gobi bear. The Syrian brown bear has the … [Read more...] about All You Need To Know About Syrian Brown Bears

  1 Almost impossible to find With its natural habitat being the vast, endless wilderness of Tibet and the Himalaya, the Tibetan blue bear is widely acknowledged as the most elusive brown bear subspecies in the world. Compared to the American grizzly or European brown bear, or the ferocious Siberian brown bear, blue bears are almost impossible to track … [Read more...] about Tibetan Blue Bear: The Rarest Of All

  1 The hump One of the easiest differences to spot from a distance. Brown bears have a hump, while black bears don't have a hump. Regardless of gender or subspecies, all brown bears have a hump. It could be the American grizzly, the Eurasian brown bear, the Tibetan blue bear, a Kodiak bear, or a Syrian brown bear (which tend to be blond), but there'll … [Read more...] about Black Bears and Grizzlies: 10 Differences

    1 They were a unique subspecies In prehistoric times, before the very first Spanish settlers arrived in the 1600s, California was home to an estimated 100,000 grizzly bears. These weren't your garden variety grizzlies - they were a genetically isolated subspecies native to California. Their Latin scientific name was Ursus arctos californicus, … [Read more...] about The Extinct Californian Grizzly Bear: 10 Facts

  1 Eurasian brown bear The most common brown bear in Eurasia. At its peak, the Eurasian brown bear  stretched from Great Britain to deep into the heart of Siberia. Today, they roam from the Pyrenees to Norway to north west Russia. Any news reports coming out of Romania or Slovenia of brown bears pinching chickens or honey will be about the Eurasian … [Read more...] about The 10 Eurasian Brown Bear Subspecies