Scientific name: Ursus arctos horribilis
Habitat: mountains in Alaska, Canada, Idaho, Montana, Washington state, Wyoming, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, the San Juan Mountains (in CO)*
Diet: carrion, fruit, young vegetation shoots, roots, bulbs, fish, larval and adult insects, the occasional elk calf or fawn, and sometimes marmots or other rodents**
Coloration: varies by location; ranges from white to almost black* or yellowish to reddish-brown (depends on what website you go to)**
Mating: breed in July. The gestation period is 26 weeks and the sow (female bear) usually gives birth to twin cubs in her winter den as she hibernates. Mother and cubs usually come out of the den in April or May. Females begin to breed when they are 3 1/2 yrs. old.
For more information, go to the "Colorado Division of Wildlife" and type in "grizzly bear" in the search box or the "Colorado Species Wildlife Profile" link at the bottom of the page. Feel free to comment and give suggestions about what other information you wold like to see or anything else you think would be helpful.
Sources:
That baby bear is so cute in that picture!
ReplyDelete