Asiatic Black Bear Habitat and Movement

Asiatic black bears like living in moist and dense forests below alpine elevations.
In summer they can be found at heights of 10,000 feet and descend to lower altitudes in the winter.
They hibernate in the winter in the cold areas of their range and don’t in the warm areas of their range where it is constantly warm.
They are found in southern Asia. The western edge of the range used to be Afghanistan, across Pakistan, eastward over northern India and southern China, northeastern China, former eastern Soviet Union, Korea and Japan.
Sometimes they come out of the forests to forage on the plains.
The territory of the Asiatic black bear can vary greatly from around 6.4 or 9.7 square km to about 16.4 or 36.5 square km.
The habitat that Asiatic black bears live in is forests and the bear has short strong claws that it can use for climbing trees, opening mounds and pealing bark to eat.

In the wild, Asiatic black bears forage alone, but during breeding season pairs van be seen gathering and hunting together.
Asiatic black bears are powerful swimmers and their 2 inch long claws make them good tree climbers.
They walk on all four feet, but when they fight they stand on their two back feet and slap their opponents with their claws.
They can have territories from 4 to 8 miles.

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