<Tr> <Th> Sub-species name </Th> <Th> Common name </Th> <Th> Distribution </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ursus americanus altifrontalis </Td> <Td> Olympic black bear </Td> <Td> Pacific Northwest coast from central British Columbia through northern California and inland to the tip of northern Idaho and British Columbia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ursus americanus amblyceps </Td> <Td> New Mexico black bear </Td> <Td> Native to Colorado, New Mexico, west Texas, the eastern half of Arizona into northern Mexico, and southeastern Utah </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ursus americanus americanus </Td> <Td> Eastern black bear </Td> <Td> Eastern Montana to the Atlantic coast, from Alaska south and east through Canada to Maine and south to Texas . Thought to be increasing in some regions . </Td> <Td> Common to Eastern Canada and U.S. wherever suitable habitat is found . A large - bodied subspecies, almost all specimens have black fur . May very rarely sport a white blaze on chest . </Td> </Tr>

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