Question. Context: At night, a black bear pokes around the tent while the two sleep and eats the food stored in a bag outside. The couple find the torn cans in the morning, and Alex tells her it must have been a raccoon he saw last night. They hike almost an entire day, trying to find their way out, and stumble across signs of a bear. They try to hike as far as possible before dark, and then camp for the night. The bear attacks the following morning, making its way into the tent and lashing Jenn's arm before biting into Alex's shin. It retreats momentarily from Jenn's bear mace before dragging Alex outside and eating him alive. Jenn escapes the battered tent while the bear is occupied with Alex, taking the engagement ring before running away.

Question: what kind of bear was in the movie backcountry?
Answer. a black bear
What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer?
Reasoning: The relevant sentence in the passage is: At night, a black bear pokes around the tent while the two sleep and eats the food stored in a bag outside.