
A bear
Among the creatures of Middle-earth were many kinds of bears, some of which were categorized as Great Bears and some as Giant Bears. Some of the better known examples included the:
- Black bears
- Brown bears
- Cave-bears
- Earth-bears
- Golden bears
- Blue bears of the Ered Nimrais
- the giant sloth bears of Far Harad
- the northern bears of the Forodwaith