How to Identify Ursidae

Key Identification Features

• The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1822)) gets its common name from its distinctive orange to cream-coloured, crescent-shaped chest patch.
• annamiticus, described from Annam in 1901, is not recognised as a distinct species and is treated as a junior synonym of H.
• A litter typically has one or two cubs, each weighing around 325 g (11.
• The American black bear occupies at least two distinct main habitat types in the Southeastern United States.

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