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Black
Bear (profile)
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Originally, the Black Bear's habitat was throughout the wooded
areas of North America. In the 1500's, they were estimated at about two
million. The Black Bear had not been eliminated to the extent of the grizzly
bear and is still found in a majority of the states, but has been almost
eliminated from vast regions of the eastern, southeastern and central United
States, and now less than 200,000 are estimated to exist. At present, much
of the range of the Black Bears is shared with the Grizzly in parts of the
northern Rockies, western Canada and Alaska. It is a typically a
woodland animal and prefers forests with abundant undergrowth.
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