Spectacled bear
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Spectacled bears build platforms in trees and sometimes sleep on them.
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Spectacled bears build platforms in trees and sometimes sleep on them.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Spectacled bear
- Scientific name
- Tremarctos ornatus
- Japanese name
- メガネグマ
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Ursidae
- Genus
- Tremarctos
A bear of the Andes Mountains in South America. It is found most often in humid forests high in the mountains.
White markings run from its nose around its eyes and onto its chest, which is where its name comes from. The shape of the white markings differs greatly from bear to bear.
It eats mainly fruit and other plants, but also insects and mice. It does not hole up for the winter.
How the Spectacled bear lives
They climb well and spend a fair amount of time in trees. They eat bromeliads and fruit as well as plants such as cacti and bamboo. They tend to be solitary, but may gather where food is abundant.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Body length: 130–210 cm
- Weight
- males 130–200 kg, females 35–65 kg
- Diet
- Plants including fruit, insects, mice, and other foods
- Range
- Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia
Where the Spectacled 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
- メガネグマ
- 简体中文
- 眼镜熊
- 繁體中文
- 眼鏡熊
- 한국어
- 안경곰
- Español
- Oso de anteojos
- Français
- Ours à lunettes
- Deutsch
- Brillenbär
- Português (Brasil)
- Urso de óculos
- Italiano
- Orso dagli occhiali
- العربية
- دب أبو نظارة
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Beruang berkacamata
- Tiếng Việt
- Gấu bốn mắt
- Русский
- Очковый медведь
- Türkçe
- Gözlüklü ayı
- ไทย
- หมีแว่น
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- よこはま動物園ズーラシア — メガネグマChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Tremarctos ornatusChecked: 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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