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Sociobiology of the myrmecophagous sloth bear in Nepal
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1999 Ursids have adapted to environments ranging from the tropics to the arctic, and although the family is noted for its omnivory, some species have specialized food habits. The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) has specialized on insect prey, particularly termites and ants, and exhibits some characteristics and behaviors that are common among myrmecophagous ...
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Sloth bear attacks on the Deccan Plateau of Karnataka, India
Ursus, 2020The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is endemic to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, and is among the least studied of all bear species. Sloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when they feel threatened and are considered among the most dangerous wild animals in India.
Kartick Satyanarayan
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Sloth Bear: The Barefoot Bear of Sri Lanka synthesises the author’s body of research and experiences while working on the subspecies of sloth bear in Sri Lanka. Accompanied with beautiful photographs of sloth bears, the book provides the general audience with access to scientific information of urgent conservation concern ...
Shyamala Ratnayeke, Luxshmanan Nadaraja
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Sloth Bear: The Barefoot Bear of Sri Lanka synthesises the author’s body of research and experiences while working on the subspecies of sloth bear in Sri Lanka. Accompanied with beautiful photographs of sloth bears, the book provides the general audience with access to scientific information of urgent conservation concern ...
Shyamala Ratnayeke, Luxshmanan Nadaraja
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Extrahepatic biliary carcinoma in sloth bears
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1984Summary Extrahepatic biliary carcinoma was found in each of 5 adult sloth bears that died between 1970 and 1984 while on exhibit in Ohio zoos. The tumor was characterized by numerous mucin-producing neoplastic glands scattered throughout abundant fibrous stroma. The cause of the tumor was not determined.
S J, Gosselin, L W, Kramer
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Dancing bears in India: A sloth bear status report
Ursus, 2011Abstract The Kalandar community of South Asia has performed with dancing sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) since the late Vedic era (1000–700 BCE). This illegal profession negatively impacts wild populations because cubs are poached to fuel it. It also raises serious welfare issues for the bears.
Neil D'Cruze +9 more
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Picture recognition of food by sloth bears (Melursus ursinus)
Animal Cognition, 2019Pictures are often used in cognitive research to represent objects and many species have demonstrated the ability to recognize two-dimensional pictures as representations of their three-dimensional counterparts. However, for ursids picture recognition has been reported in only one study of a single 11-year-old female American black bear (Johnson-Ulrich
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The Status and Conservation of Sloth Bear in Rajasthan
2013This chapter presents the ecology, behaviour and status of Sloth Bear in Rajasthan. Four species of bear, namely, Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus), Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus), Himalayan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) and Malayan Sun Bear (Ursus malayanus), are found in India.
Harendra Singh Bargali, B. K. Sharma
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Habituation to environmental enrichment in captive sloth bears—effect on stereotypies
Zoo Biology, 2010AbstractThe benefits to captive animals of environmental enrichment (EE) are widely recognized. Few studies have, however, studied how to maximise the effect of EE. One issue with EE programs seems to be habituation to the enrichment device. To study the effect of habituation to EE, 14 captive sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) were subjected to two ...
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