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Sun Bears, or Malayan Sun Bears, (Helarctos malayanus) are short-furred black bears with striking orange markings on the chest. They're also called Honey Bears and is the smallest bear species in the world.

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Sun Bears, or Malayan Sun Bears, (Helarctos malayanus) are short-furred black bears with striking orange markings on the chest. They're also called Honey Bears and is the smallest bear species in the world.

Sun Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear found in tropical forest habitats of Southeast Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_bear
Malayan Sun Bears - Bears Of The World

Sun Bears. Social behavior, habitat, breeding, and endangerment of Helarctos malayanus or sun bears.
http://www.bearsoftheworld.net/sun_bears.asp
ADW: Sun Bear - Helarctos malayanus

Sun bears are the smallest bears in the family Ursidae. They stand 70 cm at the shoulder and are 1.2 to 1.5 m from head to tail. The tail itself is 3 to 7 cm. Males are larger than the females but only by 10 to 20%.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Helarctos_malayanus/
Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) - A-Z Animals

Sun Bear Classification and EvolutionThe Sun Bear is a small species of bear that is found inhabiting the dense, tropical forests of south-east Asia.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/sun-bear/
Malayan Sun Bear - Helarctos malayanus - ARKive

Learn more about the Malayan sun bear - with amazing Malayan sun bear videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/malayan-sun-bear/helarctos-malayanus/
WWF - Sun Bear

Also known as the honey bear for its love of honey, the Sun Bear is the smallest, least well-known and one of the rarest of all the bear species
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/mammals/sun_bear/
A Rare Glimpse of the Elusive Sun Bear - YouTube

Sun bears are extremely hard to find in the wild. But with the right amount of luck - and an advanced motion-sensor camera, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URnrj9g3HYo
Malayan Sun Bear - YouTube

Another bear in Thailand is the Malayan Sun Bear. Sun Bears are the smallest species of bear in the world, reaching a weight of about 160 pounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqFtfLGGx0
Helarctos malayanus (Malayan Sun Bear, Sun Bear)

The IUCN red list of threatened species, the sun bear.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9760/0
Malayan Sun Bear: an Endangered Species

The smallest bear in the world, an adult male Malayan sun bear is about 4 feet (1.2 m) tall when standing on its hind legs and can weigh up to 140 pounds (64 kg). Despite their small size, sun bears can be very dangerous.
http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_sunbear.htm
Sun Bear - San Diego Zoo

Learn everything you need to know about the sun bear with The San Diego Zoo.
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/sun-bear
Sun Bears - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about sun bears with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sun-bear

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Sun bear Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–recent, ^[1] 0.8–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Sun bear in Kaeng Krachan National Park
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	Ursinae
Genus:	Helarctos Horsfield, 1825
Species:	H. malayanus
Binomial name
*Helarctos malayanus* ( Raffles, 1821)
Subspecies^[3]
Malayan sun bear (H. m. malayanus) Raffles, 1821 Bornean sun bear (H. m. euryspilus) Horsfield, 1825

Distribution of the sun bear (2010)^[2] (brown – extant, black – former, dark grey – presence uncertain)
Synonyms^[4]
List Helarctos anmamiticus Heude, 1901 H. euryspilus Horsfield, 1825 Ursus malayanus Raffles, 1821

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Sun Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear found in tropical forest habitats of Southeast Asia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_bear
Malayan Sun Bears - Bears Of The World

Sun Bears. Social behavior, habitat, breeding, and endangerment of Helarctos malayanus or sun bears.
http://www.bearsoftheworld.net/sun_bears.asp
ADW: Sun Bear - Helarctos malayanus

Sun bears are the smallest bears in the family Ursidae. They stand 70 cm at the shoulder and are 1.2 to 1.5 m from head to tail. The tail itself is 3 to 7 cm. Males are larger than the females but only by 10 to 20%.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Helarctos_malayanus/
Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) - A-Z Animals

Sun Bear Classification and EvolutionThe Sun Bear is a small species of bear that is found inhabiting the dense, tropical forests of south-east Asia.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/sun-bear/
Malayan Sun Bear - Helarctos malayanus - ARKive

Learn more about the Malayan sun bear - with amazing Malayan sun bear videos, photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/malayan-sun-bear/helarctos-malayanus/
WWF - Sun Bear

Also known as the honey bear for its love of honey, the Sun Bear is the smallest, least well-known and one of the rarest of all the bear species
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/mammals/sun_bear/
A Rare Glimpse of the Elusive Sun Bear - YouTube

Sun bears are extremely hard to find in the wild. But with the right amount of luck - and an advanced motion-sensor camera, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URnrj9g3HYo
Malayan Sun Bear - YouTube

Another bear in Thailand is the Malayan Sun Bear. Sun Bears are the smallest species of bear in the world, reaching a weight of about 160 pounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqFtfLGGx0
Helarctos malayanus (Malayan Sun Bear, Sun Bear)

The IUCN red list of threatened species, the sun bear.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9760/0
Malayan Sun Bear: an Endangered Species

The smallest bear in the world, an adult male Malayan sun bear is about 4 feet (1.2 m) tall when standing on its hind legs and can weigh up to 140 pounds (64 kg). Despite their small size, sun bears can be very dangerous.
http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_sunbear.htm
Sun Bear - San Diego Zoo

Learn everything you need to know about the sun bear with The San Diego Zoo.
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/sun-bear
Sun Bears - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about sun bears with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sun-bear

Sun bear Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–recent, ^[1] 0.8–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Sun bear in Kaeng Krachan National Park
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Ursidae
Subfamily:	Ursinae
Genus:	Helarctos Horsfield, 1825
Species:	H. malayanus
Binomial name
*Helarctos malayanus* ( Raffles, 1821)
Subspecies^[3]
Malayan sun bear (H. m. malayanus) Raffles, 1821 Bornean sun bear (H. m. euryspilus) Horsfield, 1825

Distribution of the sun bear (2010)^[2] (brown – extant, black – former, dark grey – presence uncertain)
Synonyms^[4]
List Helarctos anmamiticus Heude, 1901 H. euryspilus Horsfield, 1825 Ursus malayanus Raffles, 1821

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Sun Bears, or Malayan Sun Bears, (Helarctos malayanus) are short-furred black bears with striking orange markings on the chest. They're also called Honey Bears and is the smallest bear species in the world.

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