Inhabits mountain forests, mainly active in the daytime, good at climbing trees, swimming; able to walk upright. Poor vision, sensitive sense of smell and hearing; more complex eating habits, feeding on plant leaves, buds, fruits, seeds, and sometimes insects, bird eggs and small beasts. Black bears in the north have a hibernation habit. They dormant in the cave throughout the winter, do not eat or move, and are in a semi-sleep state. They will go out of the cave from March to April of the following year. Mating in summer, 7 months of gestation, 1 to 3 litters per litter. Distributed in forest areas in the eastern part of Eurasia, Taiwan, Japan and other places.