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The Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) is a subspecies of the Asian black bear that lives on two main islands of Japan: Honshu and Shikoku.There are an estimated 10,000 black bears in Japan.
The Ussuri brown bear is found in the Ussuri Krai, Sakhalin, the Amur Oblast, the Shantar Islands, Iturup Island, and Kunashir Island in Siberia, northeastern China, North Korea, and HokkaidÅ in Japan. Until the 13th century, bears inhabited the islands of Rebun and Rishiri, having crossed the La Pérouse Strait [25] [failed verification] to ...
Japanese macaque bathing in hot springs in Nagano prefecture. About 130 species of land mammal occur in Japan. The largest of these are the two bears. The Ussuri brown bear (Ursus arctos), the largest land animal in Japan, is found in HokkaidÅ, [3] where it plays an important role in the culture of the Ainu people. [4]
SUNAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) -A gunshot rang out on a recent morning in a meadow in northern Japan. The bear had been roaming around a nearby house and eating its way through adjacent cornfields, so ...
Shiretoko is best known as the home of Japan's largest population of brown bears, and for offering views of Kunashiri Island, ownership of which Japan and Russia dispute. Shiretoko is also the home of many birds, such as Steller's sea eagle and white-tailed eagle , and marine animals such as spotted seal , orca whale , and sperm whale . [ 1 ]
Three bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and were holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured and killed, according to town officials and media reports. A ...
Asian black bears feature very little in lowland Japanese folklore, but are prominent in upland Japan, a fact thought to reflect the bear's greater economic value in upland areas. According to the local folklore in Kituarahara-gun in Niigata , the Asian black bear received its white mark after being given a silk-wrapped amulet by yama no kami ...
The zoo's collection consists of 469 species. [2]Zo-dium: One of the largest Asian elephant habitats in Japan.; Bear House: A series of enclosures house four species of bears: Japanese black bears, Ussuri brown bears, sun bears and spectacled bears.