American black bear

Timid, curious, dog like in many ways. They climb trees and flip rocks. If you see too many of them eating apples in your backyard they lose some charm, but now that I'm away from them I can appreciate them more

It is of woolly, tangled, snarled fur, of dark, bushy tail. When it is already old, its tail is tangled. Everywhere its fur is matted. It is droplet-eared; round, broad of face, as if man-faced; thick, short of muzzle. Much does it wheeze; a great hisser is it. When it hisses to terrify one, it is as if a rainbow comes from its mouth. Very clever is it—a great stalker, a crouching spy. It stalks one; preys, hisses at one. [this is also speculated to be about the grizzly bear]