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Wikipedia: The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Moon bear or White-chested bear is a medium-sized species of bear, largely adapted for arboreal life, which occurs through much of southern Asia, Korea, northeastern China, the Russian far east and Honshū and Shikoku islands of Japan. It is classed by the IUCN as a vulnerable species, mostly due to deforestation and active hunting for its body parts. The species is morphologically very similar to some prehistoric bears, and is thought by some scientists to be the ancestor of other extant bear species.
![[Black bear feeding on berries]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/19_Formosan_Black_Bear_s.jpg "Black bear feeding on berries")
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![[The dentition of an Asiatic black bear , compared with that of a tiger]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/037tiger_s.jpg "The dentition of an Asiatic black bear , compared with that of a tiger")
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![[The V-shaped white mark on a bear's chest]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/V_character_s.jpg "The V-shaped white mark on a bear's chest")
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![[A 44-days old cub]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/44_days_Feb_12_s.jpg "A 44-days old cub")
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![[An Asian black bear hunt, as illustrated by Samuel Howitt]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blackbearhunt_s.jpg "An Asian black bear hunt, as illustrated by Samuel Howitt")
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![[An Asian black bear, shot after charging the "Old Shekarry", as illustrated in Wild sports of the world: a boy's...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Indianbearhunt_s.jpg "An Asian black bear, shot after charging the \"Old Shekarry\", as illustrated in Wild sports of the world: a boy's...")
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![[Compared to other bears, the projections of the skull are not as strongly developed in Asian black bears]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Thibetanus_skull_s.jpg "Compared to other bears, the projections of the skull are not as strongly developed in Asian black bears")
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![[A sleeping Japanese black bear. Ursus thibetanus japonicus.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Asiatic_Black_Bear_s.jpg "A sleeping Japanese black bear. Ursus thibetanus japonicus.")
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![[Sow nursing cubs]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Formosan_black_bear_suckling_cubs_s.jpg "Sow nursing cubs")
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![[Formosan Black Bear]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Formosan_Black_Bear01_s.jpg "Formosan Black Bear")
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![[Asian black bear skin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Selenarctos_thibetanus_fur_skin_s.jpg "Asian black bear skin")
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![[Asian black bear cub on a tree]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/12_cub_on_tree_s.jpg "Asian black bear cub on a tree")
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![[Kintoki Wrestling with a black Bear, woodblock print by Torii Kiyomasu I, c]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Torii_Kiyomasu_I_Kintoki_Wrestling_with_a_Black_Bear_2C_c_1700_2C_Honolulu_Academy_of_Arts_s.jpg "Kintoki Wrestling with a black Bear, woodblock print by Torii Kiyomasu I, c")
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