Japanese black bear

phylum	Chordata	The Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) is a subspecies of the Asian black bear that lives on two main islands of Japan: Honshu and Shikoku. There are said to be 10,000 black bears in Japan. The population of black bears on Shikoku is endangered at less than 30 individuals and the last confirmed sighting of a bear on the island of Kyushu was in 1987 making them likely extinct on the island prior to the 21st century. There is a high price on bear parts in the black market, which threatens all bear populations in Japan. This particular subspecies of bear is typically smaller with males only reaching 60–120 kilograms (130–260 lb) and females only weighing about 40–100 kilograms (88–220 lb). Their body length is about 120–140 centimetres (47–55 in) long. It lacks the thick neck fur of other subspecies, and has a darker-coloured snout. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Bears
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia
family	Ursidae
genus	Ursus
species	U. thibetanus
subspecies	U. t. japonicus

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