 Ancestry | Range | Appearance | Diet | Reproduction ANCESTRY:  RANGE: American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) are found across North America, from Northern Mexico, to over 30 US states, to all the provinces and territories of Canada, except for Prince Edward Island. Ancestry | Range | Appearance | Diet | Reproduction APPEARANCE: Black bears vary a great deal in both size and colour. Although black is the most common colour, there can be periods of time when black bears are shades of brown. Others have white coats (Kermode bears) and one of the rarest has a pale-blue coat (glacier bears). Both of these are found in British Columbia. The size of an adult male black bear can range from 50 to 75 inches and they can anywhere from 130 to 660 pounds. Adult females are also between 50 and 75 inches tall, but weigh 90 to 175 pounds. At birth, a cub usually weighs about 7 to 11 ounces. DIET: Black bears are omnivores and will feed whatever is available: insects, nuts, berries, grasses and other vegetation, as well as meat, such as deer or moose, particularly the young. Salmon is also a common food for black bears in British Columbia. Ancestry | Range | Appearance | Diet | Reproduction REPRODUCTION: Breeding season is June, July and August, and the two bears will remain together for only a few hours or at most several days. Black bears are very solitary, except for females with cubs. The pregnancy lasts about 220 days, with cubs being born in January and February (in a maternity den). The litters range between 1 and 5 cubs, though 2 is the average. Cubs stay with their mothers for about a year and a half, so mating is limited to every two years. Ancestry | Range | Appearance | Diet | Reproduction |
 Which of Canada's provinces and territories has no black bears? |
 For a table of black bear subspecies in British Columbia, click here.  International Bear Association Species Info Black Bear Research in BC |
 Black bears vary a lot in weight. Adult males can weigh anywhere from 130 to 660 pounds. |
