Like other American black bear subspecies, cinnamon bears are omnivorous. Their diet includes fruit, vegetation, nuts, honey, and occasionally insects and meat, varying from other subspecies because of regional habitat differences.
Cinnamon bears are excellent climbers, good runners, and powerful swimmers. They are mostly nocturnal, though they are sometimes active during daylight. The various color morphs are frequently intermixed in the same family; hence, seeing either a black-colored female with brown or red-brown cubs, a brown-colored female with black or red-brown cubs, or a female of any one of the three colors with a black cub, a brown cub and a red-brown cub, is a common occurrence.
The bears hibernate during the winter, usually from late October or November to March or April, depending upon the weather conditions.[4] Their scat resembles that of domestic dogs.[5]
See also
Kermode bear, another variant of the American black bear
^Alden, Peter; Brian Cassie; et al. (September 1999). National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States (1st ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 363. ISBN0-679-44680-X.
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cinnamon, bear, this, article, about, animal, 1930s, radio, show, cinnamon, bear, cinnamon, bear, ursus, americanus, cinnamomum, both, highly, variable, color, morph, subspecies, american, black, bear, native, central, eastern, western, areas, united, states, . This article is about the animal For the 1930s radio show see The Cinnamon Bear The cinnamon bear Ursus americanus cinnamomum is both a highly variable color morph and a subspecies of the American black bear native to the central eastern and western areas of the United States and Canada Established populations are found in Colorado New Mexico Utah Idaho Nevada Montana Washington Manitoba Minnesota Wisconsin Wyoming California Alberta Ontario and British Columbia 2 They are also present in Pennsylvania Tennessee Quebec and New York As a subspecies they therefore most likely exist alongside the mostly black colored eastern American black bears present in those regions and breed with them The most striking difference between a cinnamon bear and any other black bear is its brown or red brown fur reminiscent of cinnamon 2 The subspecies was given this designation because the lighter color phase is more common there than in other areas clarification needed It is proposed that the brownish coats actually mimic a grizzly bear 3 Cinnamon BearCaptive cinnamon bear Kodiak Conservation statusSecure NatureServe 1 Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder CarnivoraFamily UrsidaeGenus UrsusSpecies U americanusSubspecies U a cinnamomumTrinomial nameUrsus americanus cinnamomumAudubon and Bachman 1854Description Edit Cinnamon bear by J T Bowen after John James Audubon Like other American black bear subspecies cinnamon bears are omnivorous Their diet includes fruit vegetation nuts honey and occasionally insects and meat varying from other subspecies because of regional habitat differences Cinnamon bears are excellent climbers good runners and powerful swimmers They are mostly nocturnal though they are sometimes active during daylight The various color morphs are frequently intermixed in the same family hence seeing either a black colored female with brown or red brown cubs a brown colored female with black or red brown cubs or a female of any one of the three colors with a black cub a brown cub and a red brown cub is a common occurrence The bears hibernate during the winter usually from late October or November to March or April depending upon the weather conditions 4 Their scat resembles that of domestic dogs 5 See also EditKermode bear another variant of the American black bear Confusion between the cinnamon bear and Ungava grizzlyReferences Edit Ursus americanus explorer natureserve org Washington S5 Wisconsin S5 Colorado S5 New York S5 Manitoba S5 Alberta S5 Ontario S5 British Columbia S5 New Mexico S4 Nevada S4 Idaho S4 Idaho S3 Utah S3 a b Cinnamon Bears Bears of the World Archived from the original on 2013 07 19 When is a Black Bear Actually a Blue Bear 7 February 2017 yellowstone online Yellowstone Alden Peter Brian Cassie et al September 1999 National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southwestern States 1st ed New York Alfred A Knopf p 363 ISBN 0 679 44680 X Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ursus americanus cinnamomumCinnamon bear Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cinnamon bear amp oldid 1109063764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
