What is Sun bear?
{{Taxobox | name = Sun Bear | image = Sun Bear.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Sun bear | status = VU | status_system = iucn3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | familia = [[Ursidae]] | genus = '''''Helarctos''''' | genus_authority = [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]] 1825 | species = '''''H. malayanus''''' | binomial = ''Helarctos malayanus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Thomas Stamford Raffles|Raffles]], 1821) }} The '''sun bear''' (''Ursus malayanus'' or ''Helarctos malayanus'') is a [[bear]] living in [[Southeast Asia]]. == Appearance == The sun bear is the smallest bear. It has short black [[fur]], and a yellow spot on its [[chest]]. Its ears are small and round. It has big [[feet]] with naked soles and long claws, which help the sun bear with climbing. It can climb very well. It cannot see very well, but its sense of smell is very good. == Life == [[File:Malaienbaer 0744-2.jpg|left|thumb|Jaws of sun bear]] Sun bears mostly live in tropic [[rainforest]]s. They are mostly active at night, and they stay in [[tree]]s a lot of the time. It eats a lot of different things: [[fruit]] and other [[plant]]s, [[Egg (biology)|eggs]], [[honey]] and [[insect]]s. They also eat small [[vertebrate]] animals, like [[reptile]]s, [[bird]]s and [[mammal]]s. After a [[pregnancy]] of 96 days the female gives birth to 1-2 babies. Young sun bears become mature when they are 3-4 years old. Sun bears can become up to 28 years old when in captivity (held by humans, e.g. in [[zoo]]s). Sun bears do not [[Hibernation|hibernate]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.bearplanet.org/sunbear.shtml Sun bear by BearPlanet] {{commons|Ursus malayanus}} [[Category:Bears]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]]