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    Individual Presentation On Selected Endangered Species: Marie Magdalene Robert Suimin M2013 1000 476

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    This document provides information on the Malayan sun bear. It describes the bear's classification, physical characteristics, diet, habitat, reproduction, threats and conservation status. The Malayan sun bear is the smallest bear species and inhabits tropical forests in Southeast Asia. It is considered Vulnerable due to habitat loss and poaching for bear bile and the pet trade. Conservation efforts include prohibiting trade and killing, captive breeding programs, and protecting habitat. However, more research and enforcement are still needed to help safeguard this endangered species.

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    This document provides information on the Malayan sun bear. It describes the bear's classification, physical characteristics, diet, habitat, reproduction, threats and conservation status. The Malayan sun bear is the smallest bear species and inhabits tropical forests in Southeast Asia. It is considered Vulnerable due to habitat loss and poaching for bear bile and the pet trade. Conservation efforts include prohibiting trade and killing, captive breeding programs, and protecting habitat. However, more research and enforcement are still needed to help safeguard this endangered species.

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    This document provides information on the Malayan sun bear. It describes the bear's classification, physical characteristics, diet, habitat, reproduction, threats and conservation status. The Malayan sun bear is the smallest bear species and inhabits tropical forests in Southeast Asia. It is considered Vulnerable due to habitat loss and poaching for bear bile and the pet trade. Conservation efforts include prohibiting trade and killing, captive breeding programs, and protecting habitat. However, more research and enforcement are still needed to help safeguard this endangered species.

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    Individual Presentation On Selected Endangered Species: Marie Magdalene Robert Suimin M2013 1000 476

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    This document provides information on the Malayan sun bear. It describes the bear's classification, physical characteristics, diet, habitat, reproduction, threats and conservation status. The Malayan sun bear is the smallest bear species and inhabits tropical forests in Southeast Asia. It is considered Vulnerable due to habitat loss and poaching for bear bile and the pet trade. Conservation efforts include prohibiting trade and killing, captive breeding programs, and protecting habitat. However, more research and enforcement are still needed to help safeguard this endangered species.

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    MARIE MAGDALENE ROBERT SUIMIN

    M2013 1000 476

    IN D IV ID U A L
    P R ES EN TATIO N O N
    S ELEC TED EN D A N G ER ED
    S P EC IES

    Cubs
    should be
    with their
    mother
    until 2yo

    Orphaned
    cub in

    M alayan Sun Bear


    H elarctos m alayanus

    Classifi
    cation
    Kingdom
    Phylum

    Animalia
    Chordata
    Class
    Mammalia
    Order
    Carnivora
    Family
    Ursidae
    Genus Helarctos
    Species
    malayanus
    Sub-species euryspilus (in Borneo)

    D escription
    The smallest of the worlds eight living bear species
    short, sleek fur which is usually black but can range from

    reddish-brown to grey.

    chest patch - yellow, orange, or white, speckled or spotted.


    broad muzzle; short and a large head
    small, rounded ears, a fleshy forehead
    extremely long tongue (longest of all bear species).
    With feet turned slightly inward, large naked paws and long

    curved claws, - well adapted for climbing trees.


    The Malayan sun bear has very loose skin around the
    neck so that if bitten on the back of the neck by another
    bear, a tiger or clouded leopard, the bear can turn in its skin
    to bite back of its attacker.

    M alayan sun bear biology


    opportunisticomnivore, (eat termites and ants,
    beetlelarvae, beelarvae, honey and a large variety of fruit
    species, especially figs).

    also eat small rodents, birds and lizards.

    diurnal, spending most day hours foraging


    does not hibernate, as food is available year round.
    Little is known about sun bear

    reproduction

    and cub

    rearing in the wild.


    Usually females are only seen with one cub and very rarely with two after

    agestationperiod of approximately 95 days


    delayed implantation to ensure that cubs are born when the mother has sufficient
    fat reserves, the weather is favourable, and seasonally important foods are
    available, however this is not known.
    give birth in dens or hollow trees where the cub is born naked and helpless.
    It remains protected for some period of time until it is able to venture out to
    accompany the mother while she forages and travels
    cubs remain with their mother until they are fully grown at around two years old.

    M alayan sun bear range

    The range of the Malayan sun bear is not

    well documented - historically or presently.

    throughout Southeast Asia from the


    eastern edge of India and
    northern Burma, to Laos, Cambodia,

    Vietnam and Thailand


    south to Peninsular Malaysia and the
    islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

    extinct in Tibet, Bangladesh and

    possibly Yunnan, southern China

    M alayan sun bear habitat


    The Malayan sun bear inhabits

    both
    primaryand logged,

    dense Southeast Asian tropical

    forests
    tropical evergreen rainforest,
    montane forest (up to 2,000 metres above sea
    level)

    swamp habitat

    M alayan sun bear im portance


    Fasten the decomposition

    of fallen trees / dead woods


    by tearing them into small
    pieces with their claws
    insect foraging
    Maintain diversity in the
    bear genus.

    M alayan sun bear status

    M alayan sun bear threats


    Habitat loss,

    fragmentation
    Degradation
    human encroachment
    illegal logging
    Plantations (coffee, rubber plants and oil palms).

    poaching, even within protected areas, to serve the


    trade in bear parts.

    Bear gall bladders and bile products are used in traditional medicines (despite the fact that
    many herbal alternatives are equally beneficial, more readily available, legal and cheaper)

    capture of sun bears as pets


    human-bear conflicts
    fire and drought

    Declining food availability starvation

    As a result of this ongoing habitat loss and excessive humancaused mortality, many sun bear populations have already
    become extinct.

    M alayan sun bear conservation


    The Malayan sun bear is understudied, and little

    conservation action has been targeted at it.


    prohibits international trade
    killing of the sun bear is prohibited under national

    wildlife protection laws,

    (BUT little enforcement of these laws

    occurs).

    The Malayan sun bear is part of an international

    captive breeding programme and has a Species


    Survival Program under the American Zoo and
    Aquarium Association.
    More research is required as only recently have field

    studies started to investigate the basic biology,


    ecology, and behaviour of wild sun bears.
    Conservation of sun bears needs to focus on

    protection of their forest habitat, proper management

    It w ould be great ifyour


    grandchildren know m e too..

    REFEREN CES
    www.oaklandzoo.org/Sunbears_Conservation.p

    hp
    http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0925-wcn_won

    g_interview.html
    http://www.arkive.org/malayan-sun-bear/helar
    ctos-malayanus/
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9760/0
    http://sunbears.wildlifedirect.org/category/bea
    r-farming/
    http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0131-isaacs-be
    ar-bile.html
    http://www.diodati.org/pn/?a=286&o2=James_Si

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