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The Andean Bear (Tremarctosornatus), also known as spectacled bear, South American bear, ucumari and Jukumari, has a medium size compared to other species, this is between 1,30 and 1,90 m tall and weighs on average between 80 and 125 kg.

This species lives in sub-Andean forests, Andean and paramos of the 3 cordilleras; In the department of La Guajira, its habitat is in a páramo area in the Serranía de Perijá Integrated Management District, in jurisdiction of the municipalities of Urumita, Villanueva, the Jagua del Pilar, Fonseca and El Molino where there is a record of sighting of the forest guardian.

The importance of Andean bear conservation for the department of La Guajira:

• The risk to the population due to habitat loss, constant hunting and the implementation of productive and extractive activities.
• The Andean bear is listed as an umbrella species for biodiversity, representing the 76% of the mammalian species existing on the continent. Local endemism is high in the subsistence range of the Andean Bear, guaranteeing us in the territory the richness of the biodiversity of the department of La Guajira.

Actions for its conservation: Corpoguajira carries out projects with the purpose of conserving its habitat, educates the community to raise awareness of the importance of the Andean bear in different ecosystems, the reduction of gene flow and population decline due to the fragmentation of their environment, hunting among other factors and aims at generating knowledge about the ecology and biology of the species in the region.