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The Tibetan brown bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus), also known as Tibetan blue bear, [2] is a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the eastern Tibetan Plateau.. One of the rarest subspecies of bear in the world, the blue bear is rarely sighted in the wild.
The Tibetan brown bear, also known as the Tibetan blue bear, “is one of the rarest subspecies of bears in the world” and “rarely sighted in the wild,” forest officials said.
Yvette Borup Andrews was an ethnographic photographer and filmmaker [4] for the American Museum of Natural History.She was the photographer assigned to the museum's First Asiatic Zoological Expedition (1916–1917), to China, Tibet, and Burma, and the Second Asiatic Zoological Expedition (1918), to Mongolia and North China, both expeditions led by her husband.
The misidentification of Himalayan wildlife has been proposed as an explanation for some Yeti sightings, including the chu-teh, a langur monkey [68] living at lower altitudes; the Tibetan blue bear; or the Himalayan brown bear or dzu-teh, also known as the Himalayan red bear. [68] Similarly, it is possible that sightings have been deliberate ...
An extremely rare bear found in the Gobi Desert, this bear is adapted to desert life, dwelling in oases and rocky outcrops. It is rather small and pale and it appears to lack the whitish collar characteristic of Tibetan blue bears. [7] [8] Phylogenetic analysis suggests they represent a relict population of the Himalayan brown bear.
Tibetan antelope; Tibetan blue bear; Tibetan fox; Tibetan woolly flying squirrel; Y. Yak This page was last edited on 1 May 2018, at 21:10 (UTC). Text is available ...
Bear habitats are generally forests, though some species can be found in grassland and savana regions, and the polar bear lives in arctic and aquatic habitats. Most bears are 1.2–2 m (4–7 ft) long, plus a 3–20 cm (1–8 in) tail, though the polar bear is 2.2–2.44 m (7–8 ft) long, and some subspecies of brown bear can be up to 2.8 m (9 ...
Other more common bears in China include the Asiatic black bear and the brown bear which are found across much of the country. Sub-species of the brown bear include the Himalayan brown bear and the Tibetan blue bear in Tibet, and the Ussuri brown bear in Northeast China. The sun bear is found in Yunnan.