sun bears
Southeast Asian honey-lovers
Sun bears are the smallest bear species, native to Southeast Asian tropical forests.
They have short black fur with a distinctive pale chest patch resembling a rising sun—hence the name.
Their long tongues help extract honey and insects from trees.
Sun bears are sometimes called honey bears.
- omnivoreEats plants and animals
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- pangolinsScale-covered ant-eating mammals
- vertebratesAnimals with internal skeletons
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- mammalsbats, sheep, cats, anteater, baboons
- carnivoransdogs, cats, wolves, foxes, lions
- Southeast Asian wildlifeorangutan, tigers, elephants, Sumatran tiger, orangutans
- BorneoBorneo, Brunei, orangutan, hornbill, longhouse
- bear conservationhabitat protection, anti-poaching, wildlife corridors, captive breeding, relocation programs
- insectivoresshrew, anteaters, ant-eaters, hedgehog, echidnas