Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ursus malayanus Raffles, 1821 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).
The Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus malayanus) is a subspecies of sun bear, occurring in southeast Asia. [1] In 2025, Malayan sun bear alongside with Borneon sun bear ( Helarctos malayanus euryspilus ), have been selected to be new campaign mascots for Visit Malaysia Year 2026.
Brown bear (Ursus arctos) Ursidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes the giant panda, brown bear, and polar bear, and many other extant or extinct mammals. A member of this family is called a bear or an ursid. They are widespread across the Americas and Eurasia.
Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bear, [3] the polar bear, [4] the American black bear, and the Asian black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ursus , meaning bear .
Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1821) – sun bear ... Ursus americanus (Pallas, 1780) – American black bear; Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 – brown bear
Possible hybridisation between different species of bear. An ursid hybrid is an animal with parents from two different species or subspecies of the bear family (Ursidae).Species and subspecies of bear known to have produced offspring with another bear species or subspecies include American black bears, grizzly bears, and polar bears, all of which are members of the genus Ursus.
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
Arctoidea is a clade of mostly carnivorous mammals which include the extinct Hemicyonidae (dog-bears), and the extant Musteloidea (weasels, raccoons, skunks, red pandas), Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions), and Ursidae (bears), found in all continents from the Eocene, to the present. [2]