First recorded case of female Brown bear (Ursus arctos: Ursidae) with five second year cubs

• Published in: Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 104 - 107
• Main Authors: Sedash, Gleb A., Matiukhina, Dina S., Sonin, Petr L., Blidchenko, Ekaterina Yu, Storozhuk, Victor B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fund for Support and Development of Protected Areas "Bear Land" 01.01.2018
• Subjects: camera traps; extra-large litter; Land of the Leopard National Park; Russian Far East; Ursus arctos

We report the first case of a super-large brown bear (Ursus arctos) litter surviving until the second year of life. In the Land of the Leopard National Park, using camera traps, we recorded a female with five cubs two times – in March and in December 2017. Litters with more than four cubs are extrem...