Grizzly Bears
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General Characteristics

Length :   Male - 6 to 9 feet / female -  6 to 9 feet

 Weight  : Male - 300 - 1000 pounds / Female - 200 to 800 pounds

Height -  averages of 7 feet

Description  : The brown bear is a large predator distinguished from black bears by a distinctive hump on the shoulders, a dished profile to the face, and long claws about the length of a human finger. Coloration is usually darkish brown but can vary from very light cream to black. The long guard hairs on their back and shoulders often have white tips that give the bears a "grizzled" appearance,  the name "grizzly."

Range - Grizzly Bears live in North America and Eurasia. 

Habitat - It lives in Tundra, Alpine, meadows, coastlines, mountains, and woodlands.

Diet - It eats Primarily vegetation, berries, some small vertebrates, carrion and large vertebrates too. 

What type of animal is it - It is a omnivore. 

Status -There used to be 100,000 Grizzly Bears. Now there are only about 1,000 Grizzly Bears. 

Reason for the status - loss of habitat  due to logging, mining, road construction, resorts

Gestation  period  -  6 month

Longevity period - 15 to 34 years , and the maximum is 47 years

Main Predators - humans, mountain lions, other bears and wolves

  Grizzly Bear