| Florida black bear | |
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| A Florida black bear in the Ocala National Forest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Ursus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | U. a. floridanus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ursus americanus floridanus Merriam, 1896
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| Florida black bear range[2] | |
The Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) is a subspecies of the American black bear that has historically ranged throughout most of Florida and the southern portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The large black-furred bears live mainly in forested areas and have seen recent habitat reduction throughout the state due to increased human development, as well as habitat modifications within bear habitat.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey (2017). "Florida Black Bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) mABBEf_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map". Gap Analysis Project. doi:10.5066/F74B30BX.