sun bear

noun

: a small forest-dwelling bear (Ursus malayanus synonym Helarctos malayanus) of southeastern Asia that has short glossy black fur with a lighter muzzle and often an orange or white breast mark

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The Zoo was kind enough to send over some adorable photos and videos of their Thanksgiving feast, which included a tamarin eating a pumpkin, a tortoise eating an apple and sun bears chomping on gourds. —

Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024 This was where others posting on the mammal-watching website reported seeing some of the rarest wildlife, including tree-dwelling clouded leopards and diminutive sun bears, the smallest species of bear in the world. —

Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 One solution to the data dearth is for rehabilitators to work more closely with academic scientists—as Wong did with Brunton on the sun bear paper. —

Bysofia Quaglia, science.org, 1 July 2024 Wong’s center mostly rescues orphaned sun bear cubs whose mothers have been shot or trapped. —

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