Rare 150kg Asiatic black bear discovered in Quang Tri conservation forest

On the afternoon of November 26, the leader of the Management Board of Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve (Quang Tri province) said that the unit had just coordinated with WWF to place digital camera traps in the unit's forest area to investigate saola.

This Asian black bear weighs about 150 kg. This is a wild animal listed in the IUCN Red Book, vulnerable, at risk of extinction and needs to be strictly protected. Currently, the Management Board of Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve is implementing measures to protect this Asian black bear as well as other wild animals in the forest area managed by the unit.

Camera traps detect Asiatic black bears at Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve (Quang Tri province). (Photo: Provided by the Management Board)

Previously, through camera trapping activities, authorities also recorded many rare animals listed in the Vietnam Red Book and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) such as red-faced monkeys, pangolins, striped rabbits, white pheasants, red-shanked douc langurs, white-naped langurs, and many species of birds, weasels, civets, wild boars, etc. at Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve, Quang Tri province.

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus or Ursus tibetanus), also known as the Tibetan black bear, Himalayan black bear, or Asiatic black bear, is a medium-sized, sharp-clawed, black bear with a distinctive white or cream "V" on its chest.

The Asiatic black bear is about 1.30 - 1.90 m long. Males weigh 110 - 150 kg, while females are lighter, about 65 - 90 kg. The bear's lifespan is about 25 years.

NGUYEN VUONG

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