Newfoundland black bear

Subspecies of carnivore

Newfoundland black bear

Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Carnivora
Family:  | Ursidae
Genus:  | Ursus
Species:  |

U. americanus

Subspecies:  |

U. a. hamiltoni

Trinomial name
Ursus americanus hamiltoni

Cameron, 1957[2]

The Newfoundland black bear (Ursus americanus hamiltoni) is a morphologically distinct subspecies of the American black bear, which is endemic to the island of Newfoundland in Atlantic Canada. The Newfoundland black bear ranges in size from 90 to 270 kilograms (200 to 600 lb) and averaging 135 kilograms (298 lb). It also has one of the longest hibernation periods of any bear in North America.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Ursus americanus". explorer.natureserve.org. "Island Of Newfoundland: S4"
2. ^ "Ursus americanus hamiltoni". Mammal Species of the World (3 ed.).
3. ^ "Black Bear". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.

Taxon identifiers

Ursus americanus hamiltoni|

* Wikidata: Q3769927
* Wikispecies: Ursus americanus hamiltoni
* CoL: 7L6NH
* EoL: 1267501
* GBIF: 6163838
* iNaturalist: 132835
* ITIS: 726979
* MSW: 14000963