Bears have short, strong legs with large feet. Each foot have five toes. Each toe ends with a long heavy claw. The bear's body is covered with thick fur. This fur varies from one species to another.
Some bears have light patches on certain parts of their bodies.
The Andean bear from the South American Andes Mountains has white fur on its chest and around its eyes like a mask. The Asiatic black bear has long thick fur around its neck and shoulders making a mane around its throat. In the United States and Canada, the American black bear is covered with brown or reddish fur. The Malayan bear is covered with black very short fur. Some bears are even almost white.