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Habitat |
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| Spectacled bears are found mainly in or near forested mountains (especially the Andes), from Venezuela and Columbia south through the coastal foothills of Ecuador, Peru, and into Bolivia. | |
| They are highly adaptable and can be found in a wide range of habitats, including rainforest, cloud forest, plateaus, dry forest, steppe lands, inland deserts and coastal scrub desert. Possibly because of loss of habitat and persecution by humans, they appear to be more common in heavy forest. They have been reported at altitudes ranging from about 600 to 13,800 feet but prefer moist forests, warm humid and foggy clouds that are above the rainforest floor at higher elevations (between about 6,000 and 8,800 feet). No populations have been documented from areas that lack bromeliads and fruits. | |
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