Spectacled bear
| Spectacled bear Temporal range: Pleistocene – Holocene
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CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Tremarctos |
| Species: | T. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tremarctos ornatus (Cuvier, 1825)
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| Spectacled bear range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ursus ornatus Cuvier, 1825 | |
The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean bear, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America. It is the only living species of bear native to South America, and the last remaining short-faced bear (subfamily Tremarctinae). Unlike other omnivorous bears, the diet of the spectacled bear is mostly herbivorous. The species is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN because of habitat loss.