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One 4-piece set of boxing squirrel dioramas (circa 1850) sold at auction in 2013 for record prices. The four dioramas were created as a set (with each diorama portraying the squirrels at a different stage during their boxing match); however, the set was broken up and each was sold separately at the same auction.
Black bear. Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae. Occurrence: Forests, slide areas, alpine meadows. The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is North America's smallest and most common species of bear. It is a generalist animal, being able to exploit numerous different habitats and foodstuffs.
According to Servheen, bear conservation efforts vary from the intensive and highly organized management of the grizzly bear in the United States to little management in Asian countries. However, since 2004 the non-profit organization Free the Bears (FTB) has been working to rescue bears in Asia along with educating the local communities.
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The American black bear then split from the Asian black bear 4.08 mya. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] The earliest American black bear fossils, which were located in Port Kennedy, Pennsylvania , greatly resemble the Asian species, [ 10 ] though later specimens grew to sizes comparable to grizzly bears . [ 11 ]
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Haida Gwaii black bears are the largest land mammal native to the archipelago, filling the role of top land predator in the area's ecosystem. [4]Like other black bear subspecies, the bears of Haida Gwaii are omnivorous, often being observed foraging within intertidal zones. [5]
The average size of the bear taken is around 7.5–8.0 ft (2.3–2.4 m) in Magadan and Okhotsk and 8.0–8.5 ft (2.4–2.6 m) in Kamchatka. [ 6 ] The Siberian brown bear ( Ursus arctos collaris ) is larger than the Eurasian brown bear, with denser bones and a slightly larger and heavier skull.