sloth bear: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Melursus ursinus • bhalu • honey bear

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A sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) with long shaggy black fur stands on rocky terrain, resting one paw on a large boulder.

World map showing the geographic ranges of the eight bear species, each marked in a different color. The American black bear is found across much of North America, the polar bear in Arctic regions, the brown bear across northern North America, Europe, and Asia, and the spectacled bear in a small area of northwestern South America. In Asia, the Asiatic black bear, sloth bear, sun bear, and giant panda have distinct, mostly non-overlapping ranges in the eastern and southern parts of the continent.

Illustration of a sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) showing its shaggy black fur, long snout, and curved claws, with a scale bar indicating size.

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