Published: 28th Sep, 2020
Death of two sloth bears in two days in Bhubaneswar’s Nandankanan Zoological Park, among the 14 big zoos of the country, has left the officials worried over the possible spread of some sort of bacterial or viral infection.
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Death of two sloth bears in two days in Bhubaneswar’s Nandankanan Zoological Park, among the 14 big zoos of the country, has left the officials worried over the possible spread of some sort of bacterial or viral infection.
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Sloth Bear
- The sloth bear is a myrmecophagous bear species.
- It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation.
- The shaggy-coated sloth bear is native to India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Sloth bears primarily eat termites and ants, and unlike other bear species, they routinely carry their cubs on their backs.
- Sloth bearsare the only bears that carry their young on their back.
- Class:Mammalia
- Order:Carnivora
- Family:Ursidae
- Genus and Species:Melursus ursinus
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