Brown bear

Ursus arctos

The brown bear is the biggest predator in the forest, but most of what it eats is plants, berries and insects. It spends the winter asleep in a den.

Where it lives: North America, Europe and Asia; in Türkiye, the Black Sea region and Eastern Anatolia
Diet: OmnivoreEats plants and meat
Weight: 80–600 kg
Shoulder height: 1.1 m
Top speed: 50 km/h
Lifespan (wild): 20–30 years

Yaman scale

Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.

Shoulder height1×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 1 of them to match Yaman's height (shoulder height 1.1 m).

Weight9.7Yamans

Around 340 kg — as heavy as 9.7 Yamans.

Where does the brown bear live?: North America, Europe and Asia; in Türkiye, the Black Sea region and Eastern Anatolia. In our zoo it lives in the Forest & mountain zone.
What does the brown bear eat?: It is a omnivore: it eats plants and meat.
How big does the brown bear get?: Shoulder height: 1.1 m. It weighs 80–600 kg.
How long does the brown bear live?: 20–30 years in the wild.
How fast is the brown bear?: It can reach about 50 km/h.
Is the brown bear endangered?: On the IUCN Red List it is listed as least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.

Least concern. Plenty of them in the wild.

IUCN Red List