1. Sloth Bears - Pictures, Breeders, Sloth Bear Babies General resource on the endangered status, habitat, range, and diet, including a selection of sloth Bear pictures and informational links. like the bear has a mane. The sloth bears fur ranges in http://www.sloth-bears.com/

Sloth Bears Photo courtesy of Jackson Zoological Park Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Subfamily: Ursinae Genus: Melursus Species: Melursus Ursinus Physical Description: The Sloth bear is also called the Indian bear. The bear has a cost of shaggy fur, the fur is long by the neck and shoulder area which causes it to look like the bear has a mane. The Sloth Bears fur ranges in color from reddish brown to black. They have a white "V" marking under their necks and very long claws that look like hooks. The Sloth Bear's nose is white and the head is huge. The male Sloth Bear stands 6 foot tall and weighs up to 300 pounds. The female Sloth Bear is slightly smaller than the male. The Sloth Bear is found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. This bear likes to live in the low country by forests and in low rocky places. Behavior: The Sloth Bear often lives by itself unless it is a mother with cubs. The Sloth Bear uses sounds and facial expressions to communicate with others. They have been known to attack people when scared or startled. They have very poor eye sight and their sense of smell is not that keen either. Sloth Bear cubs will ride on their mother's back, the Sloth Bear is the only bear to do this. The Sloth Bears are very good climbers. The Sloth Bear is generally nocturnal, but can be seen during the day eating or drinking. Sloth Bears are usually seen at dusk or right after dawn.

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3. Sloth Bear (Melursus Ursinus) sloth Bear Watching. Melursus ursinus. Aswail. Baloo (Kipling) Honey bear. Jungle joker. Lip bear. The sloth bear is relatively small, with long hair and shaggy coat. The bear is often black, but reddish animals have been seen. Reproduction for the sloth bears is a fairly standard affar Very rarely, sloth bears have been reported as having three http://www.bears.org/animals/sloth

Sloth Bear Watching Melursus ursinus Aswail Baloo (Kipling) Honey bear Jungle joker Lip bear The sloth bear is relatively small, with long hair and shaggy coat. The bear is often black, but reddish animals have been seen. The nostrils of the muzzle can be closed at will, possibly as an adaptation to the defenses of the termites which make up a large portion of their diet. Their dark fur is often interspersed with whitish or greyish strands, and they display a noticable whiteish or cream-colored U shaped patch on their chest. Behind their heads, they have a mane, a ruff of fur that covers their neck and part of their shoulders. Their belly and underlegs are nearly bare. The sloth bear's ears are large and floppy; they have very good hearing. The claws of the sloth bear are sickle-shaped, and deeply curved. The sloth bear is unique among bears as it has only 40 adult teeth. The cubs have 42 while nursing. The two middle, upper incisors do not grow in with the rest of the permanent teeth. The dirt that the bears ingest with their food often leads to bad teeth, as it grinds away the enamel. When feeding, the bears make loud, sucking sounds which can be heard for many miles. Sloth bear adults can weigh anywhere from 120-310 pounds and measure anywhere from 60-75 inches in length. The males are larger than the females.

4. The Bear DenSloth Bear The sloth bear is a medium size bear weighing between 175 and 310 pounds with a Threats to Survival sloth bears face severe habitat loss and heavy...... http://www.bearden.org/slobear.html

SLOTH BEAR Melursus ursinus Description: The sloth bear is a medium size bear weighing between 175 and 310 pounds with a body length of between 60 and 75 inches. It has a very shaggy coat of black fur, with grey and brown hairs mixed in. On the chest there is a white or cream colored U shaped or Y shaped patch of fur. This same lighter color occurs around the muzzle and sometimes extends around the eyes. The snout is very mobile and the nostrils can be closed voluntarily. Range: It is found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal , Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Habitat: The sloth bear prefers grasslands and forested area at predominantly lower altitudes. It is more often found in drier forests and areas with rock outcroppings. Diet: A sloth bear's diet is mostly comprised of termites for which this species is specially adapted. Its upper incisors are missing, forming a gap, and its lips can extend to form a tube. With this, the sloth bear is able to suck up the termites, making a sound that can be heard from over 330 feet away. Other items in the sloth bear diet are fruit and other plant matter, eggs, insects, honeycomb and carrion. Social Organization: Little is known about this bear in the wild but it is thought that they maintain small territories and live as solitary individuals except when a female is caring for her young. They do have several specific vocalizations. What little is known about the sloth bear in the wild has often been learned from field studies done from the back of elephants.

5. Bears kinds of bears brown bears, American black bears, polar bears, giant panda bears, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears and sun bears. Brown bears http://www.geocities.com/~perkinshome/bears.html

"And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature , that was the name thereof." Genesis 2:19 Bears (Bible Memory Verses Marked in Red) "Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:27 Bears: Any of several species of a large carnivorous mammal , related to giant pandas, lesser pandas , raccoons, and dogs. A bear is distinguished from members of the other carnivore families by its heavy body; short tail; short, rounded ears; and plantigrade feet (both heel and sole touch the ground, as in humans) with five clawed toes. It also lacks the shearing teeth common to most carnivores; the crushing molars of a bear are believed to be an adaptation for a plant diet. Although all bears are classified as carnivores, the different species vary widely in their feeding habits. For example, the polar bear feeds almost exclusively on seals and other animals, but it may also graze on vegetation ; the grizzly eats grasses, herbs, berries, and nuts as well as living or dead fish and other animals.

6. Lioncrusher's Domain -- Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Facts And Pictures Range and Habitat. sloth bears live in the forested and grassland regions of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh stubby tail, just like all bears. sloth bears have unusual dentition for http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=91

7. Whose Toes Are Those? Bears - Sloth From BillyBear4Kids.com BillyBear4Kids.Com Welcomes YOU! Whose Toes are Those? sloth bears. Mostsloth bears live in forests and tropical rain forests of India. http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/toes2a-slothbear.html

document.write("") BillyBear4Kids.Com Welcomes YOU! Whose Toes are Those? Sloth Bears HOME Clipart Animal Scoop Holidays ... Screen Savers The Sloth bear has very shaggy hair. Their muzzle is long, much longer than the other seven bears. Using their claws to dig, they can then use their lips to form a tube which can go deep into the ground, or hard to reach areas like dead trees for their food. Their main food is termites. You can hear them suck up their food from several feet away. Most sloth bears live in forests and tropical rain forests of India. Out of all the bears, it seems that the Sloth bear enjoys being around other bears. When we watched the Sloth bears at Toledo zoo they looked like the enjoyed making faces at each other. Sloth Bears at Toledo Zoo Sloth Bear at Cleveland Zoo See our Animal Desktop Wallpaper Photos Check out the PolarBear Desktop Theme Set and the Panda Bear Desktop Theme Set RETURN TO BEAR PAGE TICKLE TOES ANIMAL SCOOP BACK TO THE PAGE YOU WERE ON If your browser does not support JavaScript... To return to the page you where on, click on your browser's BACK button.

8. Sloth Bear Photographs and fact sheet from BBC Online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildfacts/bears/fact_files/13.shtml

9. Whose Toes Are Those? Bears - Asiatic - Black - Brown - Panda - Polar - Sun - Sp there are 11 different spicies of Brown Bear), Sun Bear (the smallestbears), Asiatic Black Bear, sloth Bear, and the Giant Panda. http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/whose-toes/toes2a.html

document.write("") BillyBear4Kids.Com Welcomes YOU! Whose Toes are Those? Bears - Asiatic - Black - Brown - Panda - Polar - Sun - Spectacled - Sloth HOME Clipart Animal Scoop Holidays ... bear.wav Panda Bear shows you the bottom of her foot. Watch the Panda Dance Panda.MPG Movie These are the toes of the Bear You will see that most bears have very thick and long nails (claws). The back feet have 5 toes. There are eight different types of bears ... American Black Bear Spectacled Bear Polar Bear Brown Bear (including Grizzlies and Kodiak ... there are 11 different spicies of Brown Bear), Sun Bear (the smallest bears), Asiatic Black Bear Sloth Bear , and the Giant Panda There are several variations in the color of the American Black Bear ... here are a few we've seen... black brown and white A brown bear my sister found while in Switzerland Hibernate means to sleep for a long period of time. The American Black Bears are known to hibernate about five to seven months each year. Some bears may not hibernate in the true sense, but will become less active during this time, usually during the winter months. It is not known if all bears hibernate in the wild. Two Black Bear "play" fight MPG Movie.

10. Sloth Bears - Pictures, Breeders, Sloth Bear Babies All About bears sloth Bear - Find out why the unusual-looking species isalmost extinct and discover some facts regarding its natural history. http://www.sloth-bears.com/links.htm

Sanctuaries Links Home Sloth Bear Links If you would like to suggest a link to be added, please email me. Photo courtesy of National Zoo All About Bears - Sloth Bear - Find out why the unusual-looking species is almost extinct and discover some facts regarding its natural history. AnimalWeb - Site introduces taxonomy terms and has a definition for each (phylum, sub-phylum, class, order, family and species); under the Ursidea (bear) family a page for each species is provided. The Bear Den A resource site for information on all bear species including the grizzly and brown bear, polar bear, giant panda bear, American black bear, Asiatic black bear, spectacled bear, sloth bear and sun bear. Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Program - Washington State University site on bear research and management. Bear Taxon Advisory Group Educational Site - Official website of the AZA's conservation subcommittee for the conservation of bears, with information about the eight species of bears. Bear Trust International - General information, habitat conservation and education projects

11. Sloth Bears They Eat Ants, But Take On Tigers Still used as 'dancing bears ' sloth bears can hold their own with the big cats but not with human expansion. From Smithsonian Magazine, Vol 30 number 10. spent the past four years studying sloth http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issue

12. "Tropical" Bear's : Sun Sloth, And Spectacled Tropical" bears Sun, sloth and Spectacled bears. Sun bears The Worlds Smallest Bear the fingertips are united by hairless webs. sloth bears grow to be about 6 feet (1.8 m http://members.tripod.com/~JFroilan/tropicalbears.htm

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" "Tropical" Bear's Sun, Sloth, and Spectacled :CONTENTS: "Tropical" Bears: Sun, Sloth and Spectacled Bears Sun Bears: The Worlds Smallest Bear Poaching Problem of Sun Bear Vital Statistics of Sun Bear ... Distribution of Spectacled Bear "Tropical" Bears Sun, Sloth, and Spectacled Bears are usually thought of as creatures of the Northern Hemisphere but three species range quite close to the equator. In fact, two species, the spectacled bear and the sun bear, actually occur south of the equator. Very little is known about the lives and habits of tropical bears, perhaps wildlife research is not a high priority for the relatively poor countries in which these bears occur. No one doubts the importance of conservation and wildlife study, but the government of many Third World Nations often simply have no mercy for along range resource planning let alone for wildlife research. For this reason, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its associate, the World Wildlife Fund, have been a major financiers for conservation in the Third World, underwriting recovery programs for such critically endangered species as orangutans, pandas, tigers, elephants, and rhinos. Sun Bears: The Word Smallest Bears In the rush to save other animal superstars, the little 100 pound (45 kg) bear ha been sadly overlooked. It seldom rates even a footnote in most wildlife studies, and all the information published on it would hardly fill two written pages. Yet what little data there is disturbing: In 1978 the IUCN included the Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) on its red list of endangered species.

13. [Bearfolks] Sloth Bears Bearfolks sloth bears. Hi there! I am trying to track down new researchand more importantly the people doing it on sloth bears. http://www.bears.org/pipermail/bearfolks/1999-July/000107.html

[Bearfolks] Sloth bears Dan Tapster dan.tapster at bbc.co.uk Wed Jul 28 18:41:15 EDT 1999 Previous message: [Bearfolks] Home for Cub... Next message: [Bearfolks] Re: bearfolks digest, Vol 1 #57 - 2 msgs Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hi there! I am trying to track down new research and more importantly the people doing it on sloth bears. If you know of anyone currently studying these critters I would be very grateful for their contact details. Best wishes, Dan Tapster BBC Natural History Unit Broadcasting House Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2LR Tel. 0117-973 2211 Fax.: 0117-946 7384 e-mail: dan.tapster at bbc.co.uk Previous message: [Bearfolks] Home for Cub... Next message: [Bearfolks] Re: bearfolks digest, Vol 1 #57 - 2 msgs Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ... More information about the bearfolks mailing list

14. Animal Fact Sheets Gestation is 180210 days in captivity. Like some bears, sloth bears can delayimplantation of the fertilized embryo if the food supply is scarce. http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/sloth_bear/sloth_bear.htm

back Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus Classification and Range Sloth bears belong to the family Ursidae, which includes eight species of bear.1 Sloth bears are found in the lower elevations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. If you like this animal and find it particularly fascinating you can adopt it! Habitat Varies seasonally due to weather and climate; includes forests, grasslands, thorny woodlands and wet tropical regions further south Length and Shoulder Height Adult male: up to 6.25 feet (1.9 m) long, and up to 36 inches (92 cm) tall; females and males do not differ greatly in height or length Weight Adult male: 200-320 pounds (91-145 kg) Adult female: 121-210 pounds (55-95kg) Life Span Life span in the wild is unknown; up to 40 years in captivity Diet In the wild: Sloth bears are omnivorous, but their diet depends greatly on the local habitat and season. Diet can consist of termites or other insects, grubs, raiding of cultivated crops, grass, honey, eggs, carrion, fruits, berries and flowers. At the zoo: Omnivore chow, insects, honey, browse, eggs, a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.

15. Sloth Bear HABITAT sloth bears are found in forested areas and in grasslands,predominantly at lower elevations. They apparently favor drier http://www.bearbiology.com/sldesc.html

Sloth bear SUBFAMILY URSINAE Ursus ursinus Meyer, 1793 From Ian Stirling, ed. Bears, Majestic Creatures of the Wild Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1993. 240 pages. APPEARANCE The sloth bear is small and usually black, with a long shaggy coat, especially over the shoulders. Brown and gray hairs may be mixed in with the dark coat, and cinnamon and reddish individuals have also been reported. It has a distinctive whitish or yellowish chest patch in the shape of a wide U, or sometimes a Y if the lower part of the white hairs extend down the chest. The snout is light colored and mobile. The nostrils can be closed voluntarily. It is thought that the reduced hair on the muzzle may be an adaptation for coping with the defensive secretions of termites. SIZE Adults are 150 to 190 centimeters (60 to 75 inches) long. Males weigh 80 to 140 kilograms (175 to 310 pounds), and females weigh 55 to 95 kilograms (120 to 210 pounds). HABITAT Sloth bears are found in forested areas and in grasslands, predominantly at lower elevations. They apparently favor drier forests and have been reported to prefer areas with rocky outcrops. DISTRIBUTION Most sloth bears are found in India and Sri Lanka, but they have also been reported from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.

16. Sloth Bear Fact Sheet - National Zoo| FONZ sloth bears have shaggy, dustyblack coats, pale, short-haired muzzles, and usually marks their chests. sloth bears' nostrils......Brought to you by the National Zoo FONZ. Physical http://natzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1999/2/fact-sloth.cfm

Home Publications ZooGoer In this Issue The Bears Among Us Bear Conservation Around the World Giant Panda Conservation Today Sloth Bears ... ZooGoer Related Resources Asia Trail Giant Panda Join FONZ to receive ZooGoer in your mailbox! Sloth Bear Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus and Species: Melursus ursinus Disheveled in appearance, the sloth bear leads a reclusive life in India's forests, noisily seeking out insects and fruits. Physical Description : Sloth bears have shaggy, dusty-black coats, pale, short-haired muzzles, and long, curved claws used to excavate ants and termites. A cream-colored "V" or "Y" usually marks their chests. Sloth bears' nostrils can close, protecting the animals from dust or insects when raiding termite nests or bee hives. A gap in their teeth enables them to suck up ants, termites, and other insects. Size : Sloth bears grow five to six feet long, stand two to three feet high at the shoulder, and weigh from 120 (in lighter females) to 310 pounds (in heavy males).

17. The Bear DenAll About Bears Tropical bears that can feed throughout the year, such sun bears, sloth bears andspectacled bears and bears in zoos that are fed yearround, do not hibernate. http://www.bearden.org/sounds3.html

A Collection of Facts on Bears: Majestic Mammals that Share our Planet A Deadly Dance Sex and the Single Sow Mother Knows Best My, How You've Grown! ... Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? A Deadly Dance One of the unfortunate side effects of bears' balancing abilities on two feet is the ancient and cruel practice of exhibiting "dancing bears". Still allowed in countries such as Greece, Turkey and India, bears are displayed "dancing" on leashes to tourists for money. Methods involved in training a bear to "dance" include: pulling a young cub onto its hindfeet by its ears holding food above the bears head piercing a hole in the animals upper lip and/or nose and inserting a ring so trainers can lead the bear by pulling a chain attached to the ring placing hot trays beneath their feet so the bears will rear up on their hindfeet and shift from one foot to the other to avoid pain. Taking bears out of the wild to be trained for "dancing" only serves to threaten an already endangered population. These practices can be eliminated if tourists stop paying to have their pictures taken with the so-called "dancing" bears and make sure to let either their tour company or host hotel that they find the practice cruel and repugnant. Back to Top Back to Sounds Main Page Sex and the Single Sow Like most large mammals, the bears' breeding cycle is a slow one. Most females will only give birth to 8 to 10 cubs during their lifetime and they do not normally mate for the first time until they are around 4 years old. First sexual encounters for males usually come a few years later when they are able to compete successfully with other males for an available female.

18. AGPix.com Photographers Covering bears, sloth The following photographers havelisted this term in their stocklists. Click on the photographer s http://www.agpix.com/search_index.php?index_id=8285

19. Dialogue For Kids Wild About Bears: Bear Facts & Information All About bears There are 8 different kinds of bears American black bears, polarbears, giant panda bears, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/bears/facts.html

Bear Diet Home Range Reproduction Hibernation ... Links Facts Dialogue For Kids Home All About Bears There are 8 different kinds of bears - American black bears, polar bears, giant panda bears, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears, sun bears and brown bears which are also known as grizzly bears. Where Do Bears Live? 42 states . They also inhabit 11 Canadian provinces . Grizzly bears (also known as brown bears) and polar bears also inhabit North America. The most common bear in Idaho is the Ursus americanus otherwise known as the American black bear. Baby bears are called cubs, female bears are called sows and male bears are called boars Bears in Idaho People who live in Idaho are lucky to share their forests with a few grizzlies and a lots of black bears. As many as 20,000 black bears inhabit Idaho , but if you go looking for truly black bears, you might be surprised! In Idaho, you are as likely to see a black bear that is brown as you are to see a black bear that is black. Black bears that live in the western states are often various shades of brown similar to grizzly bears.

20. Polar Bears The family is divided into three subfamilies, Ursinae (black bears, brown bears,polar bears, sloth bears, and sun bears), Tremarctinae (spectacled bears), and http://www.solcomhouse.com/polarbears.htm

THE POWER FOR THE PEOPLE Aids Air Traffic Alaska Alaska Pipeline ... Wind Power Polar Bears Polar bears inhabit Arctic sea ice, water, islands, and continental coastlines Order - Carnivora. The scientific order Carnivora includes bears, dogs, cats, raccoons, otters, weasels, and their relatives. All typical carnivores have well developed claws and a pair of specialized cheek teeth for cutting hard foods. Family - Ursidae. All bears belong to this family. The family is divided into three subfamilies, Ursinae (black bears, brown bears, polar bears, sloth bears, and sun bears), Tremarctinae (spectacled bears), and Ailuropodinae (giant pandas). Genus, species - Ursus maritimus. There are five other species in the genus Ursus: brown bears, American black bears, Asiatic black bears, sun bears, and sloth bears. Species can be distinguished by size, build, coloration, and habitat. . Ursus maritimus is Latin for "sea bear". normal range occasional range over pack occasional range over permanent ice San Diego Zoo Graphic Polar bears are a species that live only in the circumpolar north. Polar bears are the world's largest land predators. They top the food chain in the Arctic, where they dine primarily on seals.

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