Back to Discover
🧬

Sloth bear

life science Maturity 5-7

The sloth bear is a black bear.

Bear - Melursus ursinus at Bannerghatta National Park 8469.JPG
Bear - Melursus ursinus at Bannerghatta National Park 8469.JPG
It lives in the forest. It likes to eat ants. It uses its long lip to suck them up.
Sloth bears playing.jpg
Sloth bears playing.jpg
It has long, shaggy hair. It is a very cool bear! Do you like bears?

53 words
🖼️ Images & Media (11)
File:Bear - Melursus ursinus at Bannerghatta National Park 8469.JPG
Bear - Melursus ursinus at Bannerghatta...
File:Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus) male 3.jpg
Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus...
File:Slothbearskulls.jpg
Slothbearskulls.jpg
File:Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus) male 6.jpg
Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus...
File:Sloth bears playing.jpg
Sloth bears playing.jpg
File:SlothBearTree.jpg
SlothBearTree.jpg
File:Sloth bear cubs by Samad Kottur.jpg
Sloth bear cubs by Samad Kottur.jpg
File:MelursusUrsinusFemaleCub.jpg
MelursusUrsinusFemaleCub.jpg
File:A fragile co-existence of between sloth bears and humans at Ratanmahal Sloth Bear Sactuary, Dahod, Gujarat, India.jpg
A fragile co-existence of between sloth...
File:Sloth bear hunt.jpg
Sloth bear hunt.jpg
File:Pushkar-bear and handler.jpg
Pushkar-bear and handler.jpg
Up Next
🧬
Sun bear
Life Science
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Sun bear 0% Asian black bear 0% Honey badger 0% Binturong 0% American black bear 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Sun bear Asian black bear Honey badger American black bear

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

Binturong Semnopithecus
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 10.7 | Vital Level 5