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Formosan black bear

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The Formosan black bear (臺灣黑熊, Ursus thibetanus formosanus), also known as the white-throated bear, is a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear. [1]

34 relations: Acorn, Asian black bear, Bear, Bunun people, Carbohydrate, Carrion, Circumference, CITES, Crescent, Endangered species, Endemism, Estrous cycle, Formosan clouded leopard, Hibernation, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, List of national animals, List of protected species in Taiwan, Mast (botany), National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Paiwan people, Pregnancy, Robert Swinhoe, Rukai people, Sexual maturity, Snout, Subspecies, Taiwan, Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Temperate climate, Traditional Chinese characters, Truku people, Walnut, Yushan National Park.

Acorn

The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae).

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Asian black bear

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus, previously known as Selenarctos thibetanus), also known as the moon bear and the white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia and largely adapted to arboreal life.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Bunun people

The Bunun, also historically known as the Vonum, are a Taiwanese indigenous people and are best known for their sophisticated polyphonic vocal music.

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Carbohydrate

A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water); in other words, with the empirical formula (where m may be different from n).

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Carrion

Carrion (from Latin caro, meaning "meat") is the decaying flesh of a dead animal.

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Circumference

In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferentia, meaning "carrying around") of a circle is the (linear) distance around it.

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CITES

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.

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Crescent

A crescent shape (British English also) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle or oestrus cycle (derived from Latin oestrus 'frenzy', originally from Greek οἶστρος oîstros 'gadfly') is the recurring physiological changes that are induced by reproductive hormones in most mammalian therian females.

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Formosan clouded leopard

The Formosan clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura) was a clouded leopard subspecies that was endemic to the island of Taiwan.

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Hibernation

Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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List of national animals

This is a list of national animals.

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List of protected species in Taiwan

List of protected species in Taiwan.

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Mast (botany)

Mast is the "fruit of forest trees like acorns and other nuts".

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National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) is a public university in Neipu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Paiwan people

The Paiwan are an indigenous people of Taiwan.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.

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Robert Swinhoe

Robert Swinhoe FRS (1 September 1836 – 28 October 1877) was an English biologist who worked as a Consul in Formosa.

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Rukai people

The Rukai are one of Taiwan's aboriginal peoples.

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Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.

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Snout

A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Taiwanese indigenous peoples

Taiwanese indigenous peoples or formerly Taiwanese aborigines, Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese or Gaoshan people are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, who number nearly 530,000 or 2.3% of the island's population, or more than 800,000 people, considering the potential recognition of Taiwanese Plain Indigenous Peoples officially in the future.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters (Pinyin) are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946.

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Truku people

The Truku (also romanized as Taroko) people are an Indigenous Taiwanese people.

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Walnut

A walnut is the nut of any tree of the genus Juglans (Family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia.

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Yushan National Park

Yushan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the summit Yushan, the highest peak of the park.

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Formosan Bear, Formosan Black Bear, Formosan bear, S. thibetanus, Selanarctos thibetanus formosanus, U. t. formosanus, Ursus thibetanus formosanus, White-Throated Bear, White-throated Bear, White-throated bear.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosan_black_bear

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