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SLOTH BEARS (Melursus ursinus)
Wildlife SOS
Learn about some of the most recent research Wildlife SOS has conducted regarding sloth bears, including human-bear conflict, sloth bear biology, and conservation. For additional details on these topics and more, please see the documents below.
- Zoo Bulletin June 2018
- 2017 Annual Report
- Sloth Bear Attack Behavior
- The Sloth Bear of Mysore: Human-Bear Conflicts
- Pede-Marking Caught on Video
- Sloth Bear IUCN
- Detecting and Monitoring Sloth Bears at the Edge of Their Range
- Nature Watch: India’s Bear Necessity
- Sloth Bear Maternity Denning
- Kaziranga National Park: Bear Populations
- Dung Beetle Foraging
- Differentiating Sloth Bears in Camera-Trap Photos
ANDEAN BEARS (Tremarctos ornatus)
Conservation projects
- IUCN Bear Specialist Groups
- The Bear ID Project
- Study of gut microbiome of wild sloth bear using non-invasive techniques to understand the role of microorganisms in sloth bear nutrition and health
- The Sun Bear Action Plan and the sun bear research prospectus