Brown+Bear+(Ursus+arctos+arctos)

Pamela Kass APES Endangered Species Project

 = **The Brown Bear **  =

Scientific Name: Ursus arctos arctos Nickname: The "Grizzly" Bear ====Kingdom: Animalia ==== ====Class: Mammalia ==== ====<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;">Order: <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Carnivora ==== ====<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;">Family: <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Ursidae ==== __<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Description __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 14.25pt;">The Brown Bear is an endangered mammal species of the Ursidae family. Commonly, the Brown Bear's diet consists of fish, insects, grass, and small animals. The Brown Bear received its nickname"Grizzly Bear" because it has a brown <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">fur <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 14.25pt;"> coat that gives it a "grizzled" look. In it's habitat, the Grizzly Bear migrates from place to place, searching for food. It will only attack humans if it is provoked or feels threatened. The Brown Bear reproduces by sexual reproduction (live birth). <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">The average male adult Brown Bear stands about seven feet tall and can weigh anywhere from 200 to 1500 pounds.

__<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Habitat __ <span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">The Brown Bear's natural habitat is made up of deciduous, lush forests with a wide range of land. It can be found in many regions of Europe (mainly Italy), Asia, in the American Rocky Mountains, and in the United States state of Alaska. __<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Problems __ <span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">The Brown Bear needs a large amount of space, where it can roam to hunt for food and mate to survive. Human civilization is hindering this need. = **<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">How? ** =

<span style="display: block; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Humans are destroying the natural forests for resources such as lumber, timber, space, etc. <span style="display: block; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Human poachers are seeking out and killing the Endangered Brown Bear for sport and for its fur. Hunting Brown Bear is illegal, but regulations are not strictly enforced in certain states. <span style="display: block; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Humans are colonizing the area, which is decreasing the amount of space the Brown Bear has to roam it's natural habitat. <span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">As the rate of colonization increases, the amount of land available for the Brown Bear to hunt and find a mate decreases. Ultimately, the population of the Brown Bear continues to decrease because there is fewer bear from lack of law enforcement and mating. At this successive rate, the Brown Bear could potentially become extinct within the next fifty years!

__<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Solutions __

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">You may be asking "How can this problem be solved?"

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">· Create large fines for those who hunt Brown Bear and enforce the restrictions already put in place. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">· Preserve more natural land by developing more National Parks and Wildlife Preservation areas where the Brown Bear can roam free and mate. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">· The Wilderness Act helps the Grizzly Bear by continuing to preserve pristine lands, where the Brown bear lives, throughout the country. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">· The Endangered Species Act is giving aid to Environmentalists who are breeding the bears in captivity.

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;"> __<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">References __

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: []

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Great Bear Foundation: []

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Brown Bears: []

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Earth's Endangered Creatures: []

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">The UN Works To Protect Endangered Species: []

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Bear Facts: Some More Kinds of Bear: []