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The Asiatic black bear and the polar bear used to be placed in their own genera, Selenarctos and Thalarctos; these are now placed at subgenus rank. Subfamily Ursinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 †Aurorarctos Jiangzuo & Flynn, 2020 †Aurorarctos tirawa Jiangzuo & Flynn, 2020; Helarctos Horsfield, 1825. Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1821) – sun ...
Weights range greatly from the sun bear, which can be as low as 35 kg (77 lb), to the polar bear, which can be as high as 726 kg (1,600 lb). Population sizes vary, with six species classified as vulnerable with populations as low as 500, while the brown bear has a population of over 100,000 and the American black bear around 800,000.
The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear species in the family Ursidae found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.It is the only species in the genus Helarctos [5] and the smallest bear species, standing nearly 70 cm (28 in) at the shoulder and weighing 25–65 kg (55–143 lb).
Free the Bears rescues threatened sun bears and moon bears from the illegal wildlife trade and bear bile farms. Recently, we learned about a tiny sun bear cub with a severe snare wound in the far ...
It is likely ancestral to all bears within Ursinae, perhaps aside from the sloth bear. Two lineages evolved from U. minimus: the black bears (including the sun bear, the Asian black bear, and the American black bear); and the brown bears (which includes the polar bear).
The sun bear, also known as the 'honey bear', is a small bear species native to Southeast Asia, recognisable by its short, sleek black fur and distinctive chest patch. It is named after the golden ...
A wildlife park in the UK has shared footage of a sun bear standing on its hind legs, describing the stance as “natural behaviour”. In a statement, Paradise Wildlife Park said standing allows ...
Articles relating to the Ursinae, a subfamily of Ursidae (bears) named by Swainson (1835). It was assigned to Ursidae by Bjork (1970), Hunt (1998) and Jin et al. (2007). Subcategories