81. Wolf Run Studio - Bear Notecards And Prints Text © 1998 Terry White, Drawing © 1998 Bill Harrah. Back to Top . sloth bears SBR500 Notecards Only Also available in Notecard Assortment Pack AST-511 http://www.wolfrunstudio.com/PAGES/pg_wld01.html

Bill Harrah Wolf Run Studio P.O. Box 444 Clifton VA 20124 Phone: Fax: PRICES ORDER FORM DRAWING INDEX BEARS BEAVERS BOBCATS CAMELS CHEETAHS ... ZEBRAS BEARS (Click on an image to see the actual notecard size) ALASKAN BROWN BEAR GIANT PANDAS (pair) GIANT PANDA POLAR BEAR ... SLOTH BEARS ALASKAN BROWN BEAR #ABB-500 Notecards Only Also available in Notecard Assortment Pack #AST-504 Bears are loners and usually wander by themselves in search of food. Females with cubs generally feed together. Herbaceous plants, roots, corms, and berries comprise most of their diet. They also eat insects, rodents, fish, and hoofed animals. In July and August, when salmon swim up coastal rivers, large groups of bears can be seen fishing together. Bears must eat enough high-energy food to store the huge amounts of fat needed to sustain them through hibernation. Responding to a mysterious inner clock, bears begin looking for suitable places to dig their dens in early fall. Dens are dug in hillsides under tree roots or large rocks and are lined with pine and fir boughs. Bears then become increasingly lethargic and enter their dens sometime in November.

82. Sloth Bear Foraging, Ranthambhore National Park, India, ©2000 James Warwick Ranthambhore National Park, India. Like most bears, sloth bears are omnivorousfeeding mainly on fruit and insects but also honey and sometimes carrion. http://www.bn2web.com/jameswarwick/gallery/india/Sloth-bear.html

Sloth bear foraging Ranthambhore National Park, India "Like most bears, sloth bears are omnivorous feeding mainly on fruit and insects but also honey and sometimes carrion. They must work hard to find sufficient food to support their bulky bodies and although mainly nocturnal can be seen foraging during the day in cool weather. They are a joy to watch turning over rocks to expose bugs and checking tree hollows for honey. They never seem to stop moving!" home profile concept gallery ... notices

83. Sri Lankan Sloth Bear Even if sloth bears are reintroduced to this National Park, it seems doubtful whetherthey would survive, given the Park's poor habitat quality at present. http://www.lankalibrary.com/wlife/slothbear.htm

Sri Lankan Sloth Bear @ WWW Virtual Library Sri Lanka (Lakshman Nadaraja; @http://www.lankachronicle.com) The sloth bear (Ursus ursinus), formerly found in most dry zone low country jungles, is now confined to pockets of relatively undisturbed forest. It seems that with encroachment and the general disturbance of our forests, the sloth bear is among the first animals to disappear. Unfortunately, we have very little scientific data on the sloth bear in Sri Lanka. Its population dynamics, breeding patterns, feeding requirements, range, size, etc., are all largely unknown. It the species is to continue to survive in Sri Lanka, we desperately need to protect quality habitats and undertake the scientific study these magnificent bears. The fun on the female bear is usually thicker than on the males. She has a dense tuft of hair between her shoulders, which makes it easy for the cub, who travels on her back, to hold on. This particular cub would climb up her rear leg and down her foreleg, tail first, while she moved around grubbing. The mother bear and cub were passing under a stand of palu trees and feeding on the fallen fruit. Then, the female climbed the tree, closely followed by her cub. They both fed on the ripe palu, the bear cub adeptly picking the fruit himself, for about half an hour. Then they backed down the tree and ambled into the scrub.

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Bears - Family Ursidae Subfamily Ailurinae Genus Ailuropoda Giant Panda, Great Panda, Bamboo bear (English); Beishung, Da-xiong-mao, Hong-chun-bao (Chinese) - Ailuropoda melanoleuca All About Pandas Animal Diversity Web AZA - Giant Panda Species Survival Plan Bears ... The Bear Den Genus Ailurus Red panda, lesser panda (English); Xiao-xiong-mao (Chinese) - Ailurus fulgens Animal Diversity Web AZA - Red Panda Species Survival Plan Bears The Minnesota Zoo ... Welcome to Mill Mountain Zoo Subfamily Ursinae Genus Helarctos Sun bear (English); Ma-lai-xiong, Gou-xiong (Chinese) - Helarctos malayanus Animal Diversity Web AZA - Sun Bear Species Survival Plan Bears The Bear Den-Sun Bears Page ... The Minnesota Zoo Genus Melursus Sloth Bear - Melursus ursinus Animal Diversity Web AZA - Sloth Bear Species Survival Plan Bears Bears ... ZooNet Endangered Species Genus Tremarctos Spectacled Bear - Tremarctos ornatus Animal Diversity Web AZA - Spectacled Bear Species Survival Plan Bears Bears ... ZooNet Endangered Species Genus Ursus American Black Bear - Ursus americanus Alaskan Animals Alyeska - American black bear (Ursus americanus) American Bear Association - Home American Black Bear ... Black Bear...American Black Bear...Michigan Black Bear

85. Press Room - Press Releases Less than 10,000 sloth bears remain in the wild. sloth bears have a long,rough and shaggy coat of thick, reddishbrown to black fur. http://www.experiencewashington.com/Press_PressRelease_id-164.html

Press Room - Press Releases Explore Press Room... Media Services Story Lines Press Releases Surprising Facts Photo Library Contact Us Press Homepage Group Tour Planner Endangered Sloth Bear Born at Woodland Park Zoo January 6, 2003 Contact: Gigi Allianic SEATTLEWoodland Park Zoo is proud to announce the birth an endangered sloth bear. The cub was born late in the evening on December 27. This birth is significant as it represents the first offspring between 4-year-old mother Khali (call-LEE), and 6-year-old father Randy, and it is the first sloth bear birth in almost 20 years for Woodland Park Zoo. The captive sloth bear population has dwindled due to a lack of total bears and a low number of proven breedersthere were only 48 in captivity at the end of 2001. Therefore, reproduction is a major concern, explains zoo Collection Manager Bret Sellers. In an attempt raise the captive population to more than 60 bears in the next few years, the sloth bear Species Survival Plan (SSP) made five breeding recommendations last year. They were hoping to produce 4 to 6 offspring in a just a year-and-a-half. Woodland Park Zoos pair was one of those recommended for breeding because we are a leader in researching methods to increase reproduction in captivity, said Sellers. Plans have not been made for a neonatal exam because, as a first-time mother, zookeepers dont want to disturb her and the cub. Khali has exhibited good maternal skills and is a very good mother so far, according to Senior Keeper Helen Shewman. She is grooming and licking her cub and nuzzling it softly, allowing it to nurse.

86. The Sloth Bear sloth bears have a heavy body, (weighing in at around 130 kilogrammes), relativelyshort tail, rounded ears, and plantigrade feet (ie, both heel and toe make http://cplanet.8m.com/slothbear.htm

Free Web site hosting - Freeservers.com C onservationists have now reluctantly agreed that the sloth bear is in steady decline with somewhere between 7,000 to 10,000 bears still living in the wild. They live in the forests of Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Their preferred habitat includes a wide variety of forests types ranging from the thorn forests of northern India to the wet tropical forests further south. Widespread land clearing and deforestation continue to reduce its available habitat, and the sloth bear has already become the most endangered mammal in Sri Lanka. Sloth bears have a heavy body, (weighing in at around 130 kilogrammes), relatively short tail, rounded ears, and plantigrade feet (i.e., both heel and toe make contact with the ground when walking in a manner similar to humans). Their feet are equipped with long, curved front claws, which are about 7 centimeters (3 inches) long. Their claws make them good diggers and efficient tree climbers. Their gait is a slow, shuffling-type walk but when alarmed, they can gallop faster than a human being. The sloth bear's head and dental structure have undergone major evolutionary adaptations. The long white muzzle has extremely protrusive lips and nostrils that can be voluntarily closed by the bear. There are no front incisor teeth and the bony palate within the upper interior of the mouth is hollowed out. The combination of all these changes has produced a bear, which can form a very efficient vacuum tube effect with its lips and mouth to suck up its major food source, namely termites.

87. Sloth Bear Text sloth bears live in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. sloth bearshave dark black coats and a mixture of brown and gray in many individuals. http://animaltrial.com/animals/bearpicturesfolder/slothbearpictures/slothbeartex

Encylopedia of Animals Sloth bear Melursus ursinus or Ursus ursinus, the sloth bear comes from the oldest linage of true bears , dating back to 6 million years where they diverged in to a separate species, similar to what is the panda bear did and they most likely change because of climate fluctuations long enough for a new species to colonize a region. During the miocene era, it's quite possible the sloth bear first arrived in the Indian subcontinent. Habitat Sloth bears live in Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. They live primarily in tropical rainforests and grasslands, when the monsoons arrive in between April and June, they move to higher dryer forest areas . As the monsoon rain comes to an end and the ground dries out, they move back down to the riparian flood plains and grasslands . Habitat threat Sharing much of their areas with humans, the sloth bear is losing much of its habitat because of deforestation and agriculture. They are protected by the Indian Wildlife Protection Act which prevents hunting. Only in the very most mountainous regions and protected parks do they have a stronghold . In Bhutan they are best protected by the government and the forest habitat which is still intact . Sloth bears habitat overlaps with the asiatic black bear both sharing areas along the Himalayan foothills , along the Brahmaputra River where all three tropical bears coexist together. Diet A sloth bear feeds on ants, termites which a liking particular, however being a generalist they will eat fruits, insects, honey, vegetation, and occasionally carrion if it is found quickly as carrion decomposes rapidly in the tropics.

88. National Geographic Channel sloth bears IN INDIA. Priya Raja. bears are sloth bears feed extensivelyon termites, sucking them through their fleshy lips. They close http://www.nationalgeographic.com.sg/feature_slothbears.shtml

url= "banners_html.cgi?url="+document.URL; document.write (''); SLOTH BEARS IN INDIA Priya Raja Bears are found on all continents across the world except in Australia and Antarctica. The spectacled bear, the Asiatic black bear, the brown bear, the polar bear, the sun bear, the giant panda and the sloth bear are all distinct subspecies. The sloth bear range extends in the subcontinent through India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, as well as in Sri Lanka. They prefer grasslands and low-altitude forests. In India, they inhabit a diversity of forest types; thorn forests in the north to wet tropical forests in the south, though dry rocky areas are where they are most at home. There's an interesting story about how the sloth bear earned its name. It was in the 1700s, when naturalists would ship specimens of tropical animals they encountered back to European museums to be studied. Dr. George Shaw from the British Museum, in 1791, gave the animal the first valid scientific name

89. WWF-UK: Bears Since then, polar bear numbers have risen from fewer than 10000 to 40000 today. br br However,no more than 10000 sloth bears survive in Nepal and Sri Lanka. http://www.wwf.org.uk/core/wildlife/fs_0000000012.asp

Areas of interest WWF-UK home Just for kids - go wild! Just for teachers Just for researchers Who cares? campaign Just for shoppers About WWF Take action Wildlife News Search WWF-UK WWF-UK Wildlife Endangered species > Bears Friday 4 April 2003 Endangered species Barn Owl Bears Big Cats Birds of prey ... Environmental threats Bears Background Current threats What WWF is doing Background There are eight species of bear; the brown, Asiatic black, American black, polar, sloth, sun, spectacled and the giant panda - though scientists are still debating whether the giant panda is a bear or a racoon. Bears occupy a wide range of habitats and their diet varies according to the season and where they live. The brown bear occurs in parts of western Europe, Siberia, Japan and North America. In France, WWF is working to protect the only remaining population of brown bears left in the countrry, and which is threatened by a road construction project. The Asiatic black bear lives in central and eastern Asia and is particularly threatened by trade. Also known as the moon bear, it has a distincive crescent-shaped mark on its chest. The American black bear is the most abundant - the population now numbers more than half a million. Excessive hunting used to threaten the polar bear. But in 1973 WWF and IUGN (the World Conservation Union) persuaded the Arctic nations to sign a convention to control hunting and promote scientific study. Since then, polar bear numbers have risen from fewer than 10,000 to 40,000 today.

90. Sloth Bear Information Page sloth bears are active throughout the day but are mainly nocturnal. Duringcool weather are relatively poor. sloth bears do not hibernate. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/9859/sloth.html

Welcome to the Sloth Bear Information Page!! Ursus ursinus BODY LENGTH: 140-180 cm Tail length: 10-12.5 cm HEIGHT: 61-91.5 cm WEIGHT: 55-145 kg RANGE: Central Asia, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka HABITAT: Moist and dry forests especially in areas of rocky out croppings. DIET: Termites, insects, grubs, honey, eggs, carrion, grass, flowers, fruit BREEDING: June-August GESTATION: 6-7 months LITTER SIZE: 1 or 2, rarely 3 LIFE EXPECTANCY: 40 years in captivity The sloth bear has long, shaggy black hair, with the longest hairs being between their shoulders. Usually they are black but cinnamon, and red individuals have been seen. They have a chest mark that is shaped like a "V" or a "Y" and it varies in color from whit to yellow to chestnut brown. The sloth bear has some very unique structural modifications that give it some unusual talents for feeding. The lips are protrusible, mobile, and bare, the snout is mobile. They can close their nostrils at will and they are missing a pair of upper incisors. This allows them to feed on termites in the following manner: the nest is dug up, the dust and dirt is blown off, and the occupants are sucked up in a "vacuum cleaner" action. The noises made during the sucking, sound like a very loud "Phssst" that can be heard for over 185 meters. Unfortunatly, this often alerts hunters to the bears location. Sloth bears are active throughout the day but are mainly nocturnal. During cool weather it spends the day in dense vegetation or shallow caves. The sence of smell is well developed, but sight and hearing are relatively poor. Sloth bears do not hibernate.

91. Bears There are eight species of bears Asiatic black bears, American black bears, brownbears, giant panda, polar bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears and sun bears http://firsttravelweb.org/id92.htm

92. The Dancing Bears Petition! Petition The Dancing bears Petition! Dear President Bush, We the undersigned imploreyou to take action immediately to help save the sloth bears in India! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/466254778

April 03, 2003 We the undersigned, endorse the following petition: The Dancing Bears Petition! Target: The President Sponsor: Michelle Lopez-M SIGNATURES GOAL: 8,000 DEADLINE: 2-24-2003 In India, young Sloth cubs are taken from their mothers and their front teeth are removed. They are forced to dance and they are malnourished because of their missing teeth. Please, Please sign. WE MUST STOP THE CRUELTY TO THESE BEARS! ..... See full petition below STEP 1. Enter your name: Display in public list as "Anonymous" MOST RECENT 25 of SIGNATURES E-mail this petition to your friends. Number Date Name City State Country Why do you want to sign? Do you have another Dancing Bears petition? Any additional comments? 12:28 pm PST, Apr 2 Natalie Krywiak Toronto CA 10:03 am PST, Apr 2 Sharon Parmely Phoenix AZ US It is degreating for the bears to be dancing for our amusements. I've heard about how cruel the trainers are when teaching them the tricks. It has to stop. 8:59 am PST, Apr 2 Amy hazelton leicester GB I WANT TO SIGN BECAUSE IT IS EVIL WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THOSE BEARS! AND IT NEEDS TO BE STOPED NO I HOPE WE STOP THEM!

93. Bears sloth bears. Size The sloth bear is a medium sized bear. Reproductionand Cubs sloth bears form pairs in May, June, and July to mate. http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/ashland.k12.mo.us/jk/page/

Table of Contents Asiatic Black Bears American Black Bears Brown Bears Giant Panda ... Interesting Bear Facts Asiatic Black Bears Size: Medium sized. Body length ranges from 50 to 74 inches. Weight varies from 220 to 440 pounds. Females are generally smaller than males. Color: Black with lighter nose and V-shaped patch a cream on chest. The bears also go through a brown phase. Range: The Asiatic Black Bear is found in Southern Asia. The number of bears in Asia has greatly reduced. The western edge of their range was formerly Afghanistan across Pakistan, eastward over northern India and southern China, former eastern Soviet Union, Korea, and Japan. Diet: Asiatic black bears are omnivorous. They mainly eat insects, small mammals and birds, carrion, bee nests, and fruit. They have been reported on killing farm livestock. In fall they eat nuts from trees. They reach the nuts by making platforms out of leaves and sticks. Habitat: The bears prefer forested areas. They like hills, mountains, and moist tropical locations below alpine elevations. In the summer the bears may be found in altitudes as high as 10,000 feet. In the winter they move to lower elevations. The bears make their winter dens in the colder areas of their range. Threats to Survival: The bear's main predator is humans because they destroy it's habitat and poach the bear. The bear's organs are also used in Asian medicine.

94. A Day At The Zoo - Bears There are 8 different kinds of bears brown bears, American black bears, polarbears, giant panda bears, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears http://userpages.umbc.edu/~jnale1/bears.html

Main Page Zoo Story Zoo Map Reptile ... Safari Bears Primates Table of Animals BEARS... Bears are large animals with thick, strong legs. They have big heads, little eyes and small round ears. All bears are covered with heavy fur. Bears can see and hear like us, have a very good sense of smell, and can stand on their hind legs to smell and see better. Bears are smart and curious animals. There are 8 different kinds of bears - brown bears, American black bears, polar bears, giant panda bears, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears and sun bears. Brown bears are also called grizzly bears. They live in all parts of the world, except Africa, Australia and Antarctica. The bears you will see in "A Day At The Zoo" are the black bear, brown bear, koala bear, panda bear, and polar bear. To see the bears in the zoo click on their name below. Black Bear Brown Bear Koala Bear Panda Bear ... Polar Bear Visit the other sections of the zoo: Reptile Safari Primates

95. Ask Jeeves: Search Results For "Melursus" http//www.barnard.nl/english3.html 7. bears at London Zoo Pictures of 3 sloth bearsat London Zoo, August 1999 http//www.3bearz.com/zoo/zoo.html 8. Checklist http://webster.directhit.com/webster/search.aspx?qry=Melursus

96. Gander Academy's Bears Theme Page Gander Academy's Bear Resources on the WorldWide Web. Main Menu, Theme Pages on bears. http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/bears.htm

97. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hope For India's Dancing Bears It says the practice, which is banned, is accelerating the decline of the slothbears used for dancing, with more than 100 cubs taken illegally from the wild http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2681021.stm

CATEGORIES TV RADIO COMMUNICATE ... INDEX SEARCH You are in: Science/Nature News Front Page World UK ... Programmes SERVICES Daily E-mail News Ticker Mobile/PDAs Text Only ... Help EDITIONS Change to World Tuesday, 21 January, 2003, 17:24 GMT Hope for India's dancing bears Tooth removal hurts and traumatises the bears By Alex Kirby BBC News Online environment correspondent India's first bear sanctuary has opened its doors to 16 animals formerly used to earn money as "dancing bears". We have helped stop the tradition of dancing bears in Greece and Turkey and hope we will also see this cruelty abandoned in India. Victor Watkins, Libearty The sanctuary has been paid for by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), working with an Indian group, Wildlife SOS. The sanctuary, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, will hold between 40 and 50 bears when it is full. WSPA estimates that about 1,000 animals are used as dancing bears across India. It says the practice, which is banned, is accelerating the decline of the sloth bears used for dancing, with more than 100 cubs taken illegally from the wild each year. Long-term problems Less than a year old, a cub may have a rope or chain forced through its nose and most of its teeth removed, without anaesthetic.

98. Animal Prints: Bison, Tigers, Vultures, Kangaroos, Alpacas, Llamas, Sloth Bears, 155.00. Order Nr. A9001 SOLD. The Ursine sloth, or sloth Bear. In the Gardensof the Zoological Society. Engraved by W. Panormo after W. Berthoud. http://www.raremaps.de/animalskelly.html

THE WONDERS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Exibiting Delineations of the most distinguished Wild Animals in the various menageries of this country Published by Thomas Kelly in London, 1829 A series of copper etchings in zoologically correct and very fine modern coloring. Page size: ca. 26.5 x 20.5 cm ( 10.4 x 8.1 ") All prints are very clean and in Very Good Condition unless otherwise described. Ordering and Payment The Gnu In the Menagery of M. Cross Royal Mews London Engraved by J. Webb after W. Panormo. Order Nr. A9016 The Roebuck In the Menagery of Earl Darnby Cotham Hall Engraved by W. Panormo Order Nr. A 9017 The Antilope In the collection of Earl Darnby Cotham Park Engraved by W. Panormo Order Nr. A 9018 The Moose Deer or Elk In the Collection of Mr. Cross Royal Mews London Antlers of moose reach to upper margin edge. Small spot by front hoof. Order Nr. A9019 The Rusa-Deer Or Samboo-Stag In the Royal Menagery, Tower of London

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