Mammals
Spectacled bear
Tremarctos ornatusConservation statusVulnerable
DietAbout 90 percent plants: bromeliads (plants related to the pineapple), fruit and palm hearts
Lifespan20-25 years
Size and weightMales 100-200 kg
Black-brown fur with light patches around the eyes that look like glasses.
Spectacles
What makes it specialThe only bear on the whole continent of South America.
Surprising factBuilds a platform of branches high in the trees, where it sleeps and eats.
PopulationAbout 2,000 in Ecuador (an estimate).
Cloud forests and páramo (high grassland) at the edges of the reserves, mostly at dusk