Black bears : American black, Spectacled bear, Sloth bear, Moon bear, Sun bear .

For October 2015 we have a topic that I look very much forward to : Black American, black Asian, sun bear, spectacled bear, and Sloth bear

For some strange reason these are not as common among models as the grizzly bear, but they are all interesting and beautyful.

The American black bear is the one we know best among our models, and some have even seen one in their garden !
There are several sub-species, and one is actually brown ! But they are very different from the grizzly : Smaller and without the hump on the shoulder.

The spectacled bear or Andean bear lives in...yes ! The Andean Mountains , and is the only bear native to South America.
It's fur is blackish or lighter, and it has light markings in the face, varying from bear to bear.

The Asian black bear has a moon shaped white colour on the chest, whick is the reason for it's other name : Moon bear
But can also be known by the thick ruff round the shoulders and neck, and the large, fuzzy ears.

The Malayan sun bear is the smalles bear of all.
To me it was a bit confusing with sun- and moon bears, and for good measure some sun bears can also have a fine, white moon on the chest
But apart from these individual's marking, the two bears are very different.
The sun bear has a jet-black, short and shiny fur, small ears, and huge feet with long claws, which it uses for climbing trees for honey, which it licks with it's enormousl long tonge

The sloth bear This charming bear is quite different from the others. It is nocturnal, and lives from insects and fruit.
The build is sort of lanky, and it has a long, shaggy coat.
But most of all it is easy to know from the long face with very moveable lips, - giving it the name "Lip-bear" in several languages, for instance German and Danish.

And here they are :
The black bears, made by Colorata : Moon, American,Sun, Sloth, and specatcled bears:
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My only spectacled bear ( Colorata)
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My two beloved sloth bears, - Elastolin and Colorata :
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Tree Asian black ( Moon ) bears , - EIKOH, Kaiyodo and Colorada
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Comparing ”sun” and ”moon” :

The Sun bear from colotata may look a bit strange, but really he is quite correct. Together with the two small black Asians, it is easy to see the sleek coat, lanky build and small, round ears
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And here are two fine, illustrative examples of the difference between moon and sun
The Bullyland Moon bear and her cub say hello to the Sun bear from Mojo.
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This is all for now. I got a new kitchen knife for my birthday, and it is sharp. So I have a bandage on my left hand , which makes typing very slow

Susanne, your other-bear collection is wonderful! Indeed, these aren't species that are very common I'd love to see some more, because I think I like them even better than brown and polar bears. And again, I'm just in love with the Eikoh one

Thanks for sharing! I don't think I have a figurine of one of these species

This will be great topic , especially with this great start.
These models are absolutely fantastic Susanne
Thank you for sharing them.
And like Julie, I`m also in love with the Eikoh Asian black bear.

Congratulations Susanne
My favorite goes for the sloth of bears colorata
wonderful collection!




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Lovely bears :)

A wonderful map of the distribution of the various bears

Thankyou very much, dear Luc

Great topic and wonderful collection, congratulations Susanne!
Your commentary at the beginning is very interesting and edifying, thanks

Saien wrote:

Great topic and wonderful collection, congratulations Susanne!  
Your commentary at the beginning is very interesting and edifying, thanks

Thankyou very much, Andrea

I am happy it is not only me who needed to learn/ referesh-the-knowledge a little more about all these wonderful black bears

Nobody else have black bears ?

Only these:
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Noah's Pals Blake, mojo's sunbear ("King Bear"), Noah's Pals Brittany

They are wonderful, Laura

And a great comparison photo

What a shame that Noah's Pals had such a short life

This is true. I am hoping some day to get the whole series. We'll see how it goes. Perhaps by time time I have great grandchildren.

Wilorvise wrote:

This is true. I am hoping some day to get the whole series. We'll see how it goes. Perhaps by time time I have great grandchildren.

Arrrhw, - you should not have grandchildren when you are so young

A little family of three well known American black bears : The upright black bear 50113 from 2010 Papo, and Schleich Momma- black bear 14316 made from 2003 - 11 and her cub 14326, made from 2004 -11
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Magnificent model, isn't he ?
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A real bear momma look
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I love this baby.
Not many critters are as cute looking as a little Teddy, and this one is no exception  
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I love the Papo black bear :)
These Shcleich are cute :)
What about the Collecta one..is it nice? Maybe somebody will show it here? :)

I have to manage a way to show mine. These three are great, the mighty standing bear I have as a gift from Kosta and other two are still in my niece's collection. She always loved the Schleich blakc bear baby as her favorite non panda bear.

Kosta : Wild and black, - just the bear for you

Roger, your niece has a good taste
And no matter what you say, you make magnificent photos, so please, please, get going

SUSANNE wrote:

Kosta : Wild and black, - just the bear for you

Roger, your niece has a good taste
And no matter what you say, you make magnificent photos, so please, please, get going

Hahah...yeah, Kosta likes black models (especialy black panthers) ... and he can`t give a right explanation why is that ..
Maybe, sometimes, when the model is not painted very well with other colors, I prefer to be only black ..?!?
I hope, that people will not take me as a ``dark person``

And I completely agree with Susanne , Roger, you make very good photos.
I still remember the beautiful outdoor photos of the repainted Mojo lynx :))
So please, show us your bears :)

Ok, I will not wait Roger wonderful pics  here are mines

Beautyful models

And such wonderful pictures

What brands are they, - I do not know the lovely Japanese-looking ones, the little shiny one, and the composition model

I put the name with the pics now Susanne

Beautiful collection of black bears Kiki

Black is beautiful Kosta

Beautiful black bear collection Christophe

Thank you Andrea