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The black bear is not generally considered endangered. The Endangered Species Act requires the US federal government to identify species threatened with extinction. Most existing black bear populations are either stable or growing in the United States thanks to their adaptability and careful state management.

The American black bear is distributed throughout North America, from Canada to Mexico and in at least 40 states in the U.S. They historically occupied nearly all of the forested regions of North America, but in the U.S. they are now restricted to the forested areas less densely occupied by humans. In Canada, black bears still inhabit most of their historic range except for the intensively farmed areas of the central plains.

The Florida black bear subspecies (Ursus americanus floridanus) is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. In most of the remaining states, black bears are classified as a game animal. In Canada the bears are classified as a *pest species* in the agricultural areas of Manitoba, while they are classified as a game animal and/or furbearer in the rest of Canada. 

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