animals Article Predictive Modelling of Current and Future Potential Distribution of the Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in Amazonas, Northeast Peru Gerson Meza Mori 1,* , Elgar Barboza Castillo 1 , Cristóbal Torres Guzmán 1, Dany A. Cotrina Sánchez 1 , Betty K. Guzman Valqui 1 , Manuel Oliva 1, Subhajit Bandopadhyay 2, Rolando Salas López 1 and Nilton B. Rojas Briceño 1,* 1 Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva (INDES-CES), Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas (UNTRM), Chachapoyas 01001, Peru;
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[email protected] (N.B.R.B.); Tel.: +51-996-907-768 (G.M.M.); +51-949-667-638 (N.B.R.B.) Received: 26 September 2020; Accepted: 28 September 2020; Published: 6 October 2020 Simple Summary: The spectacled, or Andean, bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is threatened by human activities, despite being a key species for conservation. In our study, the sightings and tracks for spectacled bear were collected, key environmental variables affecting its distribution were identified, and its distribution was predicted under both current and future (2050 and 2070) conditions in Amazonas, northeastern Peru.