noun
black bear
Refers to the animal, typically the Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) or the American black bear (Ursus americanus).
山で黒熊に遭遇した。
I encountered a black bear in the mountains.
黒熊は木登りが得意だ。
Black bears are good at climbing trees.
Compound of 黒 (くろ, 'black') and 熊 (くま, 'bear'). The reading くろぐま is a voiced variant (rendaku) of くま.