Roland Seitre / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) captive at Reserva Natural Rio Blanco, Colombia. Occurs in Tropical Andes, South America.

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) foraging for bromeliads in its high altitude paramo habitat, Cayambe Coca National Park, Papallacta, High Andes, Ecuador, July

Doug Wechsler / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) among Achupalla bromeliads a major food source; Antisanilla Reserve, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) among Achupalla bromeliads a major food source; Antisanilla Reserve, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Spectacled or Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Maquipucuna, Pichincha, Ecuador.??

Lucas Bustamante / Spectacled or Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) looking out from tree branch, Maquipucuna, Pichincha, Ecuador.??

Cyril Ruoso / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru

Cyril Ruoso / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) up tree, Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru

Cyril Ruoso / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) up tree, Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru

Cyril Ruoso / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) up tree, Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru