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Melursus ursinus

IUCN Publication

Bears : status survey and conservation action plan

The eight species of bear live in more than 65 countries or autonomous regions in four continents, in a variety of habitats from tropical rainforests to arctic ice. Numerous human cultures around the world symbolically or physically try to incorporate the power of bears into their people.

Author(s):

  • Herrero, Stephen
  • Peyton, Bernard
  • Servheen, Christopher

Organization(s):

  • Chicago Zoological Society, US
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Bear Specialist Group
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Polar Bear Specialist Group
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, US
  • Oman, Sir Peter Scott IUCN/SSC Action Plan Fund
  • Taiwan, Council of Agriculture
  • United Kingdom, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
  • WWF International
Publication Year: 
1999
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