Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum
North America
Brown Bears
Ursus arctos
Animal Class:
Mammals
Diet:
Omnivore
Status in the Wild:
Stable
The Nose Knows
Brown bears have an excellent sense of smell and are able to follow the scent of a rotting carcass for more than two miles. They have human-level hearing, but relatively poor eyesight.
Light Sleepers
Brown bears are not true hibernators, and may be easily awakened in the winter.
