Newfoundland black bear

{{Short description|Subspecies of carnivore}}

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| name = Newfoundland black bear

| genus = Ursus

| species = americanus

| status = T4

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{Cite web |url =https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100661/Ursus_americanus|title= Ursus americanus|website= explorer.natureserve.org|quote= Island Of Newfoundland: S4}}

| image = American black bear Gros Mornе NFL.jpg

| species_link = American black bear

| subspecies = hamiltoni

| authority = Cameron, 1957{{cite book |url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000963 |chapter=Ursus americanus hamiltoni |title=Mammal Species of the World |edition=3}}

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The Newfoundland black bear (Ursus americanus hamiltoni) is a morphologically distinct subspecies of the American black bear, which is endemic to the island of Newfoundland in Atlantic Canada. The Newfoundland black bear ranges in size from {{convert|90|to|270|kg|lb}} and averaging {{convert|135|kg|lb}}. It also has one of the longest hibernation periods of any bear in North America.{{cite web |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/natcul/natcul3.aspx#a3 |title=Black Bear |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821035644/http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/natcul/natcul3.aspx |archive-date=2014-08-21 |website=Parks Canada}}