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Spectacled bear size: How big do they get?

How big does a Spectacled bear get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) reaches an average size of 1.77 meter (5′ 10″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 36.42 years, they grow from 320 grams (0.71 lbs) to 123.09 kg (271.36 lbs). A Spectacled bear has 1 babies at once. The Spectacled bear (genus: Tremarctos) is a member of the family Ursidae.

As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.

The average adult size of a Spectacled bear is (5' 10

The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear, or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara and Quechua), ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is the last remaining short-faced bear (subfamily Tremarctinae). Its closest relatives are the extinct Florida spectacled bear, and the giant short-faced bears of the Middle to Late Pleistocene age (Arctodus and Arctotherium). Spectacled bears are the only surviving species of bear native to South America, and the only surviving member of the subfamily Tremarctinae. The species is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN because of habitat loss.

Animals of the same family as a Spectacled bear

We found other animals of the Ursidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Spectacled bear

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Spectacled bear:

Animals with the same litter size as a Spectacled bear

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Spectacled bear:

Animals with the same life expectancy as a Spectacled bear

Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Spectacled bear:

Animals with the same weight as a Spectacled bear

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Tremarctos ornatus: