Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)

The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean bear or Andean short-faced bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara), ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is the last remaining short-faced bear .. Read more »(subfamily Tremarctinae). Spectacled bears are the only surviving species of bear native to South America, and the only surviving member of the subfamily Tremarctinae. The species is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN because of habitat loss.

Country:	Colombia
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Fauna (1985)
Nominal:	15 $
Year:	1985
Size:	30 x 40 mm
Perforation:	13
Mintage:	2,000,000