Sun Bear (Helarctos Malayanus) is the
smallest bear species found to inhabit the tropical
forests in Southeast Asia. Sun Bear is the world's
smallest bear species and also one of the most unique, being
the only member of the family of bears who not only adjust
to Habitat in the forest, but also has an exclusive life in inhabiting a tree. Sun
Bear have white fur that is typical in a
part of his chest in the shape of r. Sun Bear is rare
and elusive animals means that very little is actually known
about their habits and behavior in the wild. Sun
Bear populations are known to drastically decrease because threatened
by poaching and the loss of their natural habitat.
Sun Bear is not only the world's
smallest bear species, but it also has the shortestfur if compared with other bear species. Sun
Bear fur color varies from black to dark
brown or gray. In part their chest there is a typical pattern
of U-shaped white to yellow or orange. Sun Bear has light-colored face with short muzzle and
ears short. Sun Bear also has a long curved claws on their
front feet that help them to climb trees and break open the
hollow wood for termites that can also be done with large canines and
jaw are strong they have. One of the most remarkable features of
the Sun Bear is their long tongue that can
be up to 25 cm and maggots used to capture and take honey from the
hive and crevices of trees.
Sun Bear found in a number of
countries in Southeast Asia, but due to the insistence of
man, they are now only found in
some habitats are becoming increasingly isolated. Sun
Bear can be found on the islands of Borneo and
Sumatra (Indonesia), on
the Mainland forests (Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
and Viet Nam) and alsofound some Sun Bear in China's Eastern
and southern India. Sun Bear inhabited lowland rain
forests where there are a wide variety of food
and also heavily forest to protect them from
predators. However, in many of their
natural habitats (especially in Indonesia and Malaysia) Sun
Bear has
lost vast areas of its native habitat resulting
from deforestation, mainly to clear land for agriculture
(such as palm oil plantations) and the timber industry.
Sun Bear spent most of his
life living in the trees in the forest and
even sleep in nests built by folding the
leafy branches. Sun Bear is very adept
at climbing they can do with incredible
speed using a long and curved talons. Sun Bear is
a diurnal animals who spend their daytime feeding and resting in their nests in
trees at night.However, in areas with growth rate
of high human activity, Sun Bear is known
to adopt the way of nocturnal to
avoid confrontations. Like other bear species,
the Sun Bear is
also solitary animals (outs) which will only
be met if pasanganya on the mating
season only. Unlike other bear species around the
globe, Sun Bear no no berhibrenasi (winter sleep). It
was dikarena Sun Bear live in the tropics where
there is no seasonal change very drastically.
Sun bear is Omnivorous animal (eaters
of All), these bears love meat animals such as Chickens,
birds, besides this beast also liked the fruits and young foliage such
as Palm tops. As the name suggests, is very fond of Sun
Bear honey. His favorite foodis honey. Sun Bear often hunt at
night, honeycomb, honey and bees and the son of the most favored.
Sun Bear eat a variety of fruits, nuts, and
shoots as well as to supplement their diet, Sun Bear eats
insects, grubs, honey, eggs and small animals such as rats. By
using the powerful teeth and a sharp claw Sun
Bear is able to break open the hollowwood before using their
long tongue to extract termites inside. However, if it
is not possible to solve the nest in the tree trunk, Sun
Bear is known to put their front legs into the
holes one by one, allowing the termites crawling up
onto their feet before being eaten.
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