Black bear taxidermy mounts for sale – BBFM01

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Pan African Art Gallery black Bear taxidermy mounts for sale in South Africa. Quality African black Bear full mount that looks good and should last a life time. The more are taken care of, the more you will find joy in looking at for years to come.

The Atlas bear was Africa’s only native bear that survived into modern times. Once inhabiting the Atlas Mountains and neighbouring areas, from Morocco to Libya, the animal is now thought to be extinct. The Atlas bear was brownish black in colour, and lacked a white mark on the muzzle. The fur on the underparts was reddish orange.
The fur was 4–5 inches (100–130 mm) long. The muzzle and claws were shorter than those of the American black bear, though it was stouter and thicker in body.
The Atlas bear was said to have been 9 feet long and weighed 1,000 pounds (450 kg). It apparently fed on roots, acorns and nuts. It was was said to have been mostly herbivorous, but since most bears today are omnivores, the atlas bear is believed to have been able to eat meat as well.
The name Atlas bear has been applied to both an extinct subspecies of the brown bear that was endemic to Africa and the Cantabrian brown bear that was likely introduced to Africa by the Romans who imported Iberian bears for spectacles.

Adult black bears are approximately 4 to 7 feet from nose to tail, and two to three feet high at the withers. Males are larger than females. Black bears have small eyes, rounded ears, a long snout, large non retractable claws, a large body, a short tail, and shaggy hair.

In Virginia most black bears are true black in color unlike black bears found in more western states that can be shades of red, brown or blond.