Brown bear
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Brown bears do not defend exclusive territories from other bears.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Brown bear
- Scientific name
- Ursus arctos
- Japanese name
- ヒグマ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Ursidae
- Genus
- Ursus
A bear found widely across the Northern Hemisphere in many kinds of natural places. In Japan, it lives in Hokkaido and nowhere else.
It is an omnivore that eats plenty of whatever food is easiest to find each season. In autumn, it eats mostly nuts and fruits such as acorns.
In winter it hibernates in a den. Mothers give birth during hibernation and feed their cubs nothing but milk until spring.
How the Brown bear lives
In spring it emerges from its winter den. In spring it eats plants such as butterbur and Asian skunk cabbage. In summer it eats more insects such as ants, as well as fruit. Cubs learn survival skills from their mother until they become independent.
札幌市Basic data
- Size
- Body length: males about 2 m, females about 1.5 m
- Weight
- males about 150–400 kg, females about 100–200 kg
- Lifespan
- about 20–30 years
- Diet
- Plants, insects such as ants, fruit, and other foods
- Range
- Northern Hemisphere
Where the Brown bear has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヒグマ
- 简体中文
- 棕熊
- 繁體中文
- 棕熊
- 한국어
- 불곰
- Español
- Oso pardo
- Français
- Ours brun
- Deutsch
- Braunbär
- Português (Brasil)
- Urso-pardo
- Italiano
- Orso bruno
- हिन्दी
- भूरा भालू
- العربية
- دب بني
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Beruang cokelat
- Tiếng Việt
- Gấu nâu
- Русский
- Бурый медведь
- Türkçe
- Boz ayı
- ไทย
- หมีสีน้ำตาล
- বাংলা
- বাদামি ভাল্লুক
- اردو
- بھورا ریچھ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 札幌市 — ヒグマの生態・習性Checked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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