Common Name: Sloth Bear Scientific Name: Melursus ursinus Type: Mammals Diet: Omnivore Group Name: Solitary Average Life Span In Captivity: Up to 40 years Size: 5 to 6 feet; tail: 2.7 to 4.7 inches Weight: 120 to 310 pounds Size relative to a 6-ft man: IUCN Red List Status: ?
There are two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths today, all about the size of a dog Ancient giant sloths, called Megatherium, were the size of modern elephants Read other interesting sloth facts here. Scientific Name Commonly called sloths, these animals bear the scientific name of Folivora. Dis...
Sloth bears are a kind of bear with long, scruffy coats. This lesson will teach you about these bears, how they got their name, what they like to eat, where they live and some other cool facts about them. What are Sloth Bears?
It can reach size of a large bear and weighs as much as 9 kg (20 lb). However the West Indian sloth hardly grows greater than a black bear. Their teeth seem more like rounded cones. They have a 6 – 7 cm long tail but the length differs in some species. Sloths have adapted to ...
The Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) has a shaggy, black pelage, long claws which they use for gathering termites/ants. At the chest area, we could see a Y-shaped mark, sometimes it is V-shaped. The Sloth Bear's nostrils could close, and they do this to protect themselves from the dust...
but occasionally fall off. Sloths are very sturdily built and very few die from the fall. In some cases they die from the fall indirectly because the mothers sometimes prove unwilling to leave the safety of the trees to retrieve them. Females normally bear one baby every year, but sometimes...
Found across the forests of Southeast Asia, the tarsiers bear a strong physical resemblance to galagos and for many years were grouped with them in the prosimians. Recent genetic evidence, and a reconsideration of morphological characters, place the tarsiers firmly as distant, but distinct, ...
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Sloth bear, forest-dwelling bear inhabiting tropical or subtropical regions of India and Sri Lanka. Named for its slow-moving habits, the sloth bear can neither see nor hear well but has a good sense of smell. It uses its long curved claws to rip open ne