When it stands on two feet it can be up to 7 feet tall , and can weigh up to 650 pounds if it is a male, and a female can weigh up to 400 pounds. They re name is not always true. They can also be black, cinnamon , or a blonde color. The mating season for black bears is in the spring. The females have the cubs in the winter, and that following spring they leave home.
Females have cubs every other year.
There are usually one to five cubs in a litter. They start breeding about three to five years. Black bears are all American. They are found in eastern coastal plains and in western mountains. Their population stretches over CA, the Rocky Mountain states, Mexico, North MN, WI, MI, New England, NY, PA, through the Appalachians, the southeast, most of Florida, ad southern Louisiana.