Extant bears are found in sixty countries primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and are concentrated in Asia, North America, and Europe. An exception is the spectacled bear; native to South America, it inhabits the Andean region. The sun bear's range extends below the equator in Southeast Asia. The Atlas bear, a subspecies of the brown bear was distributed in North Africa from Morocco to Libya, but it became extinct around the 1870s.
Extant bears are found in sixty countries primarily in the Northern Hemisphere and are concentrated in Asia North America and Europe An exception is the spectacled bear; native to South America it inhabits the Andean region The sun bear's range extends below the equator in Southeast Asia The Atlas bear a subspecies of the brown bear was distributed in North Africa from Morocco to Libya but it became extinct around the 1870s