Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 389, pp. 1-28 : 17

Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus (identified by Lowery (1974) as Euarctos americanus ) are found throughout the state with most records coming from the Atchafalaya and Mississippi river basins. Since Lowery (1974), specimen records were reported from Cameron, Pointe Coupee, and Saint Landry parishes. Additionally, nonvouchered records were reported from Avoyelles, Franklin, Iberville, Saint Laundry, Union, and West Feliciana parishes.

Specimen records (3).— Cameron Parish (1): 2 mi W of Joseph’s Harbor Bayou, Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, 29.640N, - 92.799W, 1 ( LSUMZ 25003 ) . Point Coupee Parish (1): 617.770-3412.359, 30.840N, - 91.767W, 1 ( LSUMZ 36102 ) . Saint Landry Parish (1): Opelousas , Hwy 190 at Hwy 182, 1 ( LSUMZ 36215 ) .

Nonvouchered records (9).— Avoyelles Parish (1): 31.070N, - 91.776W, 1 (iNaturalist 60192333). Franklin Parish (1): 32.292N, - 91.574W, 1 (iNaturalist 33768881). Iberville Parish (1): 30.422N, - 91.503W, 1 (iNaturalist 72325460). Saint Landry Parish (1): 30.835N, - 91.935W, 1 (iNaturalist 35685681). Union Parish (1): 32.795N, - 92.223W, 1 (iNaturalist 103102578). West Feliciana Parish (4): 30.998N, - 91.309W, 1 (iNaturalist 15266929); 30.834N, - 91.298W, 1 (iNaturalist 36652116); 30.942N, - 91.238W, 1 (iNaturalist 36652217); 30.773N, - 91.336W, 1 (iNaturalist 48951499) .