A most aggressive bear: Safari videos document sloth bear defense against tiger predation
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11524
Abstract: Abstract Sloth bears are non‐carnivorous yet they attack more people than any other bear. They often stand up and charge explosively if a person mistakenly gets too close. Here, we argue that their aggression toward… read more here.
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Fine‐scale ecological and anthropogenic variables predict the habitat use and detectability of sloth bears in the Churia habitat of east Nepal
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8512
Abstract: Abstract Once widespread throughout the tropical forests of the Indian Subcontinent, the sloth bears have suffered a rapid range collapse and local extirpations in the recent decades. A significant portion of their current distribution range… read more here.
Keywords: habitat; sloth bears; habitat use; sloth bear ... See more keywords
Diet of sloth bear in an agroforest landscape in eastern India
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DOI: 10.1007/s10457-019-00389-1
Abstract: Sloth bears are one commonly implicated conflict prone animals in agroforest landscape in India. To determine their diet, and understand the possible use of cultivated food, a study was conducted using faecal analyses in an… read more here.
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Predicting the potential habitat of bears under a changing climate in Nepal
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DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-13253-2
Abstract: In Nepal, the distributions of three bear species vary: sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) in the lowlands, Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) in the mid-hills, and brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the high Himalayas. We utilized… read more here.
Keywords: sloth bears; km2; habitat; black bears ... See more keywords
OCULAR FINDINGS IN SLOTH BEARS (MELURSUS URSINUS) RESCUED FROM THE DANCING BEAR TRADE IN INDIA
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DOI: 10.1638/2023-0117
Abstract: Abstract: The aim of this study was to descriptively characterize the ophthalmic findings identified in 43 adult sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) rescued from the dancing bear trade in India and examined at two sloth bear… read more here.
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Isolation, Characterization, and Drug Sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Captive Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus): Unnatural Habitat With Human Environment May Predispose Sloth Bears to Tuberculosis
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.844208
Abstract: We describe the isolation, molecular characterization, and drug sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis recovered from lung tissues of four rescued captive sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP), Bangalore, India. These bears had lived… read more here.
Keywords: mycobacterium tuberculosis; sensitivity; tuberculosis; captive sloth ... See more keywords