Tremarctos ornatus (F. Cuvier)

VOSS, ROBERT S., 2003, A New Species of Thomasomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Eastern Ecuador, with Remarks on Mammalian Diversity and Biogeography in the Cordillera Oriental, American Museum Novitates 3421, pp. 1-48 : 20

Tremarctos ornatus (F. Cuvier)

SPECIMENS COLLECTED: None.

OTHER MATERIAL: Apparently none.

REMARKS: The local population of spectacled bears was studied by Suárez (1988), who described their seasonal distribution and diet on the eastern slopes of Cerro Antisana. No locally collected specimens, however, are apparently preserved in museums. Although I did not see any bears in the course of my fieldwork, signs of their foraging (consisting of shredded terrestrial bromeliads whose pith is an important item of diet) were sometimes observed above treeline.