sun bear
noun
: a small forest-dwelling bear (Ursus malayanus synonym Helarctos malayanus) of southeastern Asia that has short glossy black fur with a lighter muzzle and often an orange or white breast mark
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The effort will combine new data from camera traps, field surveys and input from hundreds of experts across Southeast Asia to determine local sun bear presence.
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Habitats for thousands of species, including orangutans, sun bears and pygmy elephants, were destroyed, putting some animals in danger of extinction.
—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The footage distributed by the Associated Press shows a sun bear standing on its hind legs at the Tha Lat Open Zoo in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
In a 15-second clip posted on July 27 to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, the slender Malayan sun bear can be seen standing on her hind legs and watching a small crowd expectantly from her enclosure, sometimes raising her paws as if waving to visitors.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
Another woman was prosecuted for keeping a sun bear in her house in Singapore in 1993.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
The latter hashtag seemingly nods to some other zoo bears who have made headlines this summer — the sun bears of Hangzhou Zoo.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
Malayan sun bears are the smallest bears in the world.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
According to National Geographic, sun bears, one of the smallest members of the bear family, are found in the forests of Southeast Asia.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Habitats for thousands of species, including orangutans, sun bears and pygmy elephants, were destroyed, putting some animals in danger of extinction.
—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The footage distributed by the Associated Press shows a sun bear standing on its hind legs at the Tha Lat Open Zoo in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
In a 15-second clip posted on July 27 to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, the slender Malayan sun bear can be seen standing on her hind legs and watching a small crowd expectantly from her enclosure, sometimes raising her paws as if waving to visitors.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
Another woman was prosecuted for keeping a sun bear in her house in Singapore in 1993.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
The latter hashtag seemingly nods to some other zoo bears who have made headlines this summer — the sun bears of Hangzhou Zoo.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
Malayan sun bears are the smallest bears in the world.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
According to National Geographic, sun bears, one of the smallest members of the bear family, are found in the forests of Southeast Asia.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
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