Kermode bear

The Kermode bear, also known as the spirit bear (particularly in British Columbia), is a rare subspecies of the American black bear living in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. It is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia. While most Kermode bears are black, there are between 100 and 500 fully white individuals. The white variant is most common on three islands in British Columbia (Gribbell, Princess Royal, and Roderick), where 10-20% of bears are…

Kermode Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) / Ours noir kermode

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Kermode Bear / Ours noir kermode / Image by Zoo Human from flickr

Wildlife Photo of the Day -November 11, 2019: Spirit bear (Kermode bear) with a pink salmon meal.

Kermode Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) / Ours noir kermode

The Kermode bear, also known as the spirit bear (particularly in British Columbia), is a rare subspecies of the American black bear living in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. It is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia. While most Kermode bears are black, there are between 100 and 500 fully white individuals. The white variant is most common on three islands in British Columbia (Gribbell, Princess Royal, and Roderick), where 10-20% of bears are…

Great White Spirit mother bear and her 2 black cubs.

Alexander Ley, from Berlin, came across a Kermode bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, in Canada, by accident while looking for another species to photograph while on holiday.

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The Kermode bear, also known as a “Spirit Bear” is a subspecies of the American Black Bear living in the central and north coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is noted for about 1/10 …

Kermode Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) / Ours noir kermode / Image by iantmcallister (Ian McAllister) from instagram