21. BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Sloth Bear sloth bears are stocky with long, shaggy, black hair and a white U or sloth bears are omnivorous and feed on a variety of foods depending on what is http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/13.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index MONDAY 19th September 2005 Text only Animals Prehistoric Life Space ... BBC Homepage In Animals Birds Mammals UK wildlife ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! You are here: BBC Animals Sloth bear Melursus (Ursus) ursinus These shaggy-haired bears were originally classed as sloths. When feeding, they can be heard sucking up termites from many miles away. Subspecies Two subspecies. Life span 20-25 years. Statistics Body length: 140-190cm, Weight: male: 80-140kg, female: 55-95kg. Physical Description Sloth bears are stocky with long, shaggy, black hair and a white U- or Y-shaped marking on the chest. They have large lips, a long tongue, a pale muzzle and well-developed hook-like claws that enable them to climb trees and dig for termites. Distribution Sloth bears live in Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Habitat They inhabit thorn forests, wet forests and grassland. Diet Sloth bears are omnivorous and feed on a variety of foods depending on what is available. They mainly feed on ants and termites and are specially equipped for feeding on them. They use their long claws to expose the insect's nests. Then they blow out the dirt and suck out the termites. They are able to close their nostrils to create a vacuum, and their mobile lips enable them to scoop up their prey. Their hairless muzzles are thought to be an adaptation to the stings of the insects. They also eat fruits, berries, ants, bees, honey, carcasses and sometimes small vertebrates.

22. BBC - Science & Nature - Mammals - Up-close This allround food availability also means that sloth bears have no need to sloth bears use a range of calls and facial expressions to communicate with http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/up_close/sloth_bear_social.shtml

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index MONDAY 19th September 2005 Text only Animals Prehistoric Life Space ... BBC Homepage In Animals Birds Mammals Articles ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! You are here: BBC Animals Mammals Uniquely among bears, sloth bears are nocturnal. Despite being solitary (with the exception of mothers with cubs and during the breeding season) they seem happy to share their home ranges with other sloth bears. These ranges are much smaller than those of most other bears, which may be because ants and termites are available in abundance all year round and therefore sloth bears never have to travel very far in search of food. This all-round food availability also means that sloth bears have no need to hibernate through the winter months. Sloth bears use a range of calls and facial expressions to communicate with each other. Mothers and cubs have a particularly close bond. Unlike any other species of bear, sloth bear cubs often ride around on their mothers' backs. Search for more about your favourite mammals here Read more about this subject Sea otter Sloth bears' food is scattered and would not support a group feeding together. Other types of food occur in clumps, meaning the animals congregate, like

23. Sloth Bears - National Zoo| FONZ Native to the Indian subcontinent, sloth bears are fascinating, unusual bearsthat charm and delight those who visit them. Brought to you by the National http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/SlothBears/

Home Animals, etc. Asia Trail Sloth Bears ... Asia Trail for Kids Related Resources ZooGoer Special Issue: Bears Adopt a red panda, Asian elephant, sloth bear, giant panda, or another Asian species! Visit the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian Art Sloth Bears Bears are among the best and least known of animals. Everyone recognizes a giant panda, for instance, while few people can picture a sloth bear. Native to the Indian sub-continent, sloth bears are fascinating, unusual bears that charm and delight those who visit them. Our new sloth bear exhibit on the Asia Trail will introduce these animals to millions more people. Right now, Zoo visitors can see our two sloth bears, Hana and Merlin, at the bottom of the Valley Trail. Their exhibit, built in the 1890s, is crumbling, which makes a new exhibit for them on Asia Trail a priority. Zoo Map A New Habitat for Sloth Bears A Sloth Bear Saga Security for Sloth Bears Sloth Bears in India

24. Sloth Bear Fact Sheet - National Zoo| FONZ sloth bears nostrils can close, protecting the animals from dust or insects Size sloth bears grow five to six feet long, stand two to three feet high http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/SlothBears/factsheet.cfm

Home Animals, etc. Asia Trail Sloth Bears ... Asia Trail for Kids Related Resources More Bear Facts: Sun Bear Spectacled Bear Giant Panda American Black Bear ... Adopt a red panda, Asian elephant, sloth bear, giant panda, or another Asian species! Visit the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian Art 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). Geographic Distribution : Most sloth bears live in India and Sri Lanka; others live in southern Nepal, and they have been reported in Bhutan and Bangladesh.

25. Sloth Bear Watching Melursus Ursinus Aswail Baloo (Kipling) Honey The claws of the sloth bear are sickleshaped, and deeply curved. The sloth bearis unique among bears as it has only 40 adult teeth. 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.

26. THE CUB DEN - Sponsored By "THE BEAR DEN" Sun bears, sloth bears and Asiatic black bears often have a white or yellowwhitepatch on their chest. Spectacled bears have white or yellow-white circles http://7thfloormedia.com/projects/exwork/best/bearden/cubden.htm

"For bears everywhere, and for those children who are on their side." Launched March 25, 1996 Last update April 29, 1996 ! or if you prefer, a ROARING welcome!! This is a special place for young children. It is brought to you by THE BEAR DEN . The color of this page is green. Forests need to be kept green so that bears can have a home. To learn more about bears, please read Ten Facts About Bears or if you want to learn even more, you can go to Amazing Facts About Bears and Books for Young Readers After, you can also go to THE BEAR DEN and visit the Photo Gallery. Ten Facts About Bears Bears are large animals with thick, strong legs. Bears have big heads, little eyes and small round ears. All bears are covered with heavy fur. Bears can see and hear like us. Bears have a very good sense of smell. Bears can stand on their hind legs to smell and see better. Bears are smart and curious animals. There are 8 different 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 are also called grizzly bears. Bears live in all parts of the world, except Africa, Australia and Antarctica. Sun bears are the smallest bears. Sun bears live in southeast Asia. They weigh about 45 kilograms (100 pounds). Sun bears are the size of a large dog. Brown bears and polar bears are the biggest bears. They can be over 10 feet long. If a big brown bear or polar bear stands on its hind legs, its head is higher than the ceiling in most houses and classrooms.

27. Sloth Bears - By "THE BEAR DEN" A global resource site for information on the sloth bear. Provided by. http://7thfloormedia.com/projects/exwork/best/bearden/sloth.htm

Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus) Launched January 21, 1996 Last update March 27, 1996 A Sloth or Not a Sloth In the late 1700's, the first sloth bear pelts were sent from India to Britain. Dr. George Shaw from the British Museum originally classed them as belonging to the family of sloths, calling them bear sloths. It was not until 1810, when a live sloth bear was shipped to Paris, that the classification error was corrected and the name reversed to sloth bear. Population and Distribution It is thought that the sloth bear is in steady decline with somewhere between 7,000 to 10,000 bears still living in the wild. They live in the forests on the island of Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Its preferred habitat includes a wide variety of forests types ranging from the thorn forests of northern India to the wet tropical forests further south. Widespread land clearing and deforestation continue to reduce its available habitat. Vital Statistics The sloth bear is a large mammal whose size and weight show high variability depending on food availability, climatic conditions, etc. Adult sloth bears stand approximately 85 centimeters (2 3/4 feet) tall at the shoulders when on all fours and have a length of about 140 to 170 centimeters (4 1/2 to 5 1/2 feet). Their tail is slightly longer than other bears at 16 to 18 centimeters (6 to 7 inches) long.

28. Re: ABOUT BEARS There are an additional six other species of bears in the world today includingthe polar bear, Asiatic black bear, giant panda, sun bear, sloth bear and http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/wwwboardbears/messages/486.html

Re: ABOUT BEARS Follow Ups Post Followup WWWBoard Version 2.0 Test FAQ Posted by Ranger Sally (165.83.4.127) on April 11, 2002 at 16:30:18: In Reply to: ABOUT BEARS posted by DARBY LAMBERT on April 11, 2002 at 14:46:30: : HOW MANY KINDS OF BEARS ARE THERE. Thanks for your question, Darby. In Yellowstone National Park, we have two species of bear: Ursus americanus, or American Black Bear and Urus arctos, the brown or grizzly bear. There are an additional six other species of bears in the world today including the polar bear, Asiatic black bear, giant panda, sun bear, sloth bear and spectacled bear. Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : : HOW MANY KINDS OF BEARS ARE THERE. : Thanks for your question, Darby. In Yellowstone National Park, we have two species of bear: Ursus americanus, or American Black Bear and Urus arctos, the brown or grizzly bear. There are an additional six other species of bears in the world today including the polar bear, Asiatic black bear, giant panda, sun bear, sloth bear and spectacled bear. Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Follow Ups Post Followup WWWBoard Version 2.0 Test

29. Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival Of Creatures sloth bears have a shaggy black coat, especially over the shoulders. This gaverise to the name bear sloth. sloth bears were trained by Qualanders, http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/bearcave/slothbear.html

September 19, 2005 Lost? View the Carnival Map They're the biggest bears in the world. Follow a Kodiak brown bear in the pursuit of food. Click here to watch Special Exhibit! Growing Up Grizzly Back to The Bear Cave Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae I. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE Native: Oriental. Melursus ursinus is found throughout India, Sri Lanka, and further north into Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. This species was fairly common in India and Sri Lanka until as recently as 20 years ago, now they are harder to find. II. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Mass: 55 to 140 kg. Length: 1.5 to 1.9 m. Sloth bears have a shaggy black coat, especially over the shoulders. Brown and grey hairs found on the coat give the appearance of a cinnamon color on some bears. This heavy coat may be an adaptation to deal with cold. These bears have long snouts, which are similar to but less elongate than those of anteaters. Their teeth are small and they lack upper incisors. The molars are broad and flat, representing a trend away from carnivory. The body structure of M. ursinus

30. AGPix.com Save bears, sloth to your personal term list for future reference. Search withinphotographers covering bears, sloth for another coverage term http://www.agpix.com/search_index.php?index_id=8285

31. Sloth Bear - Terai Arc - WWF - Expeditions In Conservation sloth bears live mostly in the forests and grasslands of India and Sri Lanka; Adult sloth bears can grow to be 6 feet long, 3 feet high at the shoulder, http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/teraiarc/wl_bears.html

Sign up for the E-newsletter including email reminders for future expeditions Email: Are you 13 or older? Yes No Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Sloth Bear Photo: ZooNet Sloth bears live mostly in the forests and grasslands of India and Sri Lanka; but some are also found in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. The sloth bear has a distinctive black and shaggy coat with a cream-colored "U" or "Y" shaped patch of fur on its chest. The hair around the neck of the sloth bear is longer than the rest and resembles a disheveled, scruffy mane. Adult sloth bears can grow to be 6 feet long, 3 feet high at the shoulder, and weigh up to 300 pounds. Diet With a main diet of termites and ants, sloth bears are excellently equipped for survival. First, their long, curved claws allow sloth bears to dig in the mounds of ants and termites. Second, adult sloth bears lack upper incisors. This creates a gap in their mouth, allowing them to extend their vacuum-like lower lips to the ground and suck up ants and termites with ease. These noisy eaters can be heard making loud sucking noises up to 300 feet away! Depending on the season and the surrounding environment, sloth bears also eat fruit, insects, eggs, honeycomb, and occasionally cultivated crops such as sugarcane, corn, and yams. Habits For the most part sloth bears are nocturnal, but they can be seen eating or drinking during the day. Sloth bears generally live solitary lives and mate during the hot summer months of May, June, and July. A female sloth bear usually gives birth to two cubs in her lifetime. The cubs are born blind and helpless, and remain with their mothers for a couple of years before heading out on their own. Uniquely, sloth bear cubs can even be seen riding on their mother's back.

32. Bears Asiatic black bears, panda bears, polar bears, sun bears, sloth bears, sloth Bear (Ursus ursinus) (1) Bear Facts sloth bears from ZooGoer, http://42explore.com/bears.htm

The Topic: Bears Easier - A bear is a large, heavy and powerful animal with thick, shaggy fur and very short tail. Bears are omnivorous. They may eat plants, honey, insects, fish, and small animals. There are several kinds of bears, such as a brown bear, black bear, polar bear, and a grizzly bear. Harder Bears live alone; they never gather in groups except during the summer mating season when a pair may be together for a month. The solitary female gives birth to one to four cubs during the winter sleep period. Cubs grow rapidly but remain with their mother for one or two years. Bears often spend much of their winter sleeping, a state that some call hibernation. Other scientists maintain that bears do not truly hibernate because their body temperature does not drop greatly and some become active on mild days. Zoologists usually recognize eight species of bears with several subspecies or varieties. The main types are brown bears, American black bears, Asiatic black bears, panda bears, polar bears, sun bears, sloth bears, and spectacled bears. Until recently, some zoologists maintained that pandas were part of the raccoon family or belonged to their own mammal family. However, genetic testing now indicates that pandas are indeed bears.

33. Sloth Bear Text sloth bears live in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. sloth bearshabitat overlaps with the asiatic black bear both sharing areas along http://animaltrial.com/animals/bearpicturesfolder/slothbearpictures/slothbeartex

Sloth bear Melursus ursinus or Ursus ursinus, the sloth bear comes from the oldest linage of true bears , dating back to 6 million years where they diverged in to a separate species, similar to what is the panda bear did and they most likely change because of climate fluctuations long enough for a new species to colonize a region. During the miocene era, it's quite possible the sloth bear first arrived in the Indian subcontinent. Habitat Sloth bears live in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. They live primarily in tropical rainforests and grasslands, when the monsoons arrive in between April and June, they move to higher dryer forest areas . As the monsoon rain comes to an end and the ground dries out, they move back down to the riparian flood plains and grasslands . Habitat threat Sharing much of their areas with humans, the sloth bear is losing much of its habitat because of deforestation and agriculture. They are protected by the Indian Wildlife Protection Act which prevents hunting. Only in the very most mountainous regions and protected parks do they have a stronghold . In Bhutan they are best protected by the government and the forest habitat which is still intact . Sloth bears habitat overlaps with the asiatic black bear both sharing areas along the Himalayan foothills , along the Brahmaputra River where all three tropical bears coexist together. Diet A sloth bear feeds on ants, termites which a liking particular, however being a generalist they will eat fruits, insects, honey, vegetation, and occasionally carrion if it is found quickly as carrion decomposes rapidly in the tropics.

34. Dialogue For Kids Wild About Bears: Bear Facts & Information polar bears, giant panda bears, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears, spectacledbears, sun bears and brown bears which are also known as grizzly bears. http://www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/bears/facts.html

Bears Past Episodes April 18th 2:00/1:00 pm MT/PT Bear Diet Home Range Reproduction Hibernation ... Links Facts Glossary References 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, spect acled 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!

35. Lioncrusher's Domain -- Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Facts And Pictures sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus). Range and Habitat. sloth bears live in the forestedand grassland regions of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=91

36. The Sloth Bear In India We estimate that the total number of sloth bears in India is between 10000 and We assessed the abundance of food and other resources of sloth bears, http://home.comcast.net/~cefprice/slothbear/Sloth_bear_page.htm

The Sloth Bear In India Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation From 1996 to 2000, we investigated the behavioral ecology of sloth bear in Panna National Park, central India. Contents Who are we? Who has supported us? What are the main aspects of the study? Products Project investigators: K. Yoganand (resume) Yoganand has carried out the field studies on this project as a senior research fellow with the Wildlife Institute of India . Over the last ten years, he has worked in various forest areas of India studying the behavior and ecology of many species. Before taking up this study on sloth bear he studied the forest birds in Andaman islands and surveyed the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in southern India for small carnivores. He has an ardent interest in ants, birds, and carnivores. He also pursues his interest in surveying remote areas, developing population estimation techniques, designing field studies, and wildlife photography. He is currently at the Front Royal Conservation and Research Center under a fellowship from the Smithsonian National Zoological Park (Friends of the National Zoo). Dr. Clifford G. Rice, Ph.D.

37. The Bear FactsScience Grades 3-5 7. Panda. 8. Brown bears. 9. Polar bears. 10. sloth. 11. Malayan sun bear. 12.Spectacled bear. 13. American black bear. 14. Brown bear. 15. sloth http://www.teachercreated.com/lessons/000901is.shtml

38. Sloth Bear Interesting Facts sloth bears are not normally aggressive animals. Like allbears, sloth bears walk in a plantigrade fashion, heel then toe. http://www.capronparkzoo.com/slothbear.htm

39. Bears Week The sloth bear has extremely long claws, too. But rather than bringing down its The sloth bear is unusual among bears because, rather than seeking out a http://exn.ca/bears/bears.cfm?Show=World&WorldBear=58

40. Sloth Bears The sisters in question are a pair of young sloth bears who have come to Brookfield Until a solution is found, the sloth bears’ time on exhibit will be http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pgpages/pagegen.115.aspx

Staff have their hands full with a pair of sisters who are new to the zoo. Everyone agrees that the girls are incredibly cute, but that has not prevented them from causing quite a stir. In fact, they are wreaking havoc, but no one is complaining. The sisters in question are a pair of young sloth bears who have come to Brookfield Zoo from the Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The two-year-old bears are extremely active and have been delighting keepers and crowds by trashing their new exhibit space. They dig. They climb. They explore. But mostly, they rip up the trees in search of one of their favorite treats-bugs. The sisters climb high into the trees in their grotto, sometimes as high as 30 feet up! And while perched, they have been stripping the branches of bark with their curved, three-inch claws. The zoo’s Grounds Department has already had to cut down one of the trees in the bears’ yard. Keepers and exhibit crews are now pondering ways they can protect the trees while letting the bears have fun. Until a solution is found, the sloth bears’ time on exhibit will be limited to 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to help curb the damage. Despite the carnage, everyone at the zoo is thrilled with the sloth bears. Previous sloth bear residents Bruce and Snurph were some of the oldest bears in North America and were often hard to see on exhibit. The new bears are wonderful for zoo guests to view; extremely active and easy to watch. Lead Fragile Kingdom keeper, Stephanie Rhodes, says that the sisters are “Very easy to work with. We love those gals-they are great, though they surprised us with their continued excavation methods and tree bark stripping. It really indicates the skills needed in the wild in order to find food. We thought they would explore and then settle down like our previous geriatric sloth bears.”

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