miércoles, 15 de mayo de 2013

Tremarctos Ornatus (Andean Bear)


Taxonomic classification
Kingdom: Animalia.
Phylum: Chordata.
Subphylum: Vertebrata.
Class: Mammalia.
Subclass: Theria.
Underclass:  Eutheria. 
Order: Carnivora.
Suborder: Caniformia. 
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Tremarctos.
Species: Tremarctos Ornatus.
Characteristics of the bear 
Ancestor: Arctodus Simus.  

It is also called: Andean bear, Spectacled bear or Short-faced bear.
It is considered to be the unique vegetarian bear. 
It is the unique Ursid in South America. 
It has 13 pairs of ribs, different from the other bears that have 14. 
It has plantigrade that supports the sole of their feet.
It is omnivore.
It is one of the highest height mammals.
Has long curved claws. 
It’s the only short faced remaining bear.
It gets its name because of the pale yellow face markings. 
It is Nocturnal.
                                















Reproduction:


 Tremarctos Ornatus gets to the 36 months of life, it arrives to its sexual maturity. Its reproduction begins when the female is in its menstrual cycle; the couple start to prepare for mating, until the female is ready for it. The gestation of the bear takes between 4 and 6 months and it get 1 or 2 offspring.  













Habitat and manners: 

 Spectacled bears live on the Amazon Andean region. They are active during night. During the day, they refuge in caves, under tree roots or on trunks. They are arboreal and good climbers.  On trees, they build platforms in which they get more food.  They are solitary bears and silent bears; they only communicate when they meet another bear. 


Importance of the Bear in the Habitat: 

The Trecmactos Ornatus is really important for their habitat, because they feed mostly of different products of plants, such as flowers and fruits letting all around the seeds oas a consequence this bear convert in a huge disperser of seeds (that then will grow and form plants) around all the territory. The Trecmactos Ornatus is an important fact for the plants for its reproduction.

 This bear sustain a lot of species (mostly plants) among the entire place in which they live.





























Their Enemies 
Their natural enemies are the jaguar and the puma.  But their more shocking enemies are humans, because of forest destruction, deforestation,  and hunting. Habitat lost is the biggest problem for this bears, they are also victims of hunting and there is use of illicit trafficking, by using them as circus animals in which they are maltreated. 

Strategies, Role and Ideas for the Protection of the Bear 

Strategies of the government developed to protect the Species: 



The government did certain laws for protect the Trecmactos Ornatus and all the territory in which it live, this is one of the most important strategies that the government had took for protecting this endangered species. In these laws there are included restrictions such as: killing animals of this specie, making any kind of mutilation which is not for protecting this species . Other strategy is that with the help of other entities that protect the environment, reforest the habitat of the bear. They are trying to make this in the shortest time possible. 




 Role of people developed to protect the species: 





Our Ideas to protect the species: 




We can make campaigns for making not only the people that are close to this animal, but all the people in the world, to know the importance of this animal and by this way reduce in a huge way the hunting of the bear and the deforestation of its habitat. Another idea is to collect money that can be invert for helping them. Other idea is to make centers for capturing the bears that are sick or suffering any kind of problem, so that then they can put them again in their natural habitat when they are in perfect conditions, in this way the quantity of bears dying is less.









Question:

 Do you think this important Species could be saved? Yes/No. Explain.

 Most of the people think that the species could be saved, but it would be really difficult to do so, because it requires a lot of effort. People suggest to take care of the species and to finish with the deforestation and hunting, also  to follow the laws established in order to protect the species. 
Bibliography: 
Google images:

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http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b017d4304a916970c-500wi
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http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/654*368/7889493_AndeanBearCubs_722x406_29172291804.jpg
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http://cdn2.arkive.org/media/BF/BF77CAF1-67D0-42CC-8E63-F5626F2568F8/Presentation.Large/Close-up-of-spectacled-bear-paw.jpg


Information:

 "Oso de anteojos - biopatrimonio de Colombia." Bienvenidos al portal de RED PAA. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.redpaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:oso-de-anteojos>.








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