Happy Moon Bear Day
Save Indian Black Bear The Moon Bear, also known as the Asian or Asiatic black bear , is a species of bear that lives in Southeast Asia. You can easily identify this bear by its black fur, round ears, and bright white colored patch of hair on its chest. Class Mammalia Order Carnivora Family Ursidae Genus Ursus Species Thibetanus Conservation Status Vulnerable Classification An Asiatic black bear rescued and rehabilitated at the IFAW Bear Rescue Center. Moon Bear lives in the Himalayas, southeastern Iran, the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, the Korean Peninsula, northeastern China, the Russian Far East, the islands of Honshū and Shikoku in Japan, and Taiwan. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, and is threatened by deforestation and poaching for its body parts, which are used in traditional medicine. Keeping captive Asian black bears is popular in China, especially due to the belief that milking the bear’s gall bladder leads to quick prosperity. Asian black b...
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