Sloth Bear

[Incogray]

(11-20-2021, 10:00 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(11-20-2021, 03:56 PM)Incogray Wrote:

(11-19-2021, 10:29 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: @Incogray, Nope. That is a sloth bear itself. The snout of the Himalayan or Asiatic Black bear is shorter. Plus, their build isn’t so “hunched”. Not to mention, this photo was taken in Kanha, nowhere near the habitat of a Himalayan Black bear.

Idk man. that bear looks awfully similar to a Himalayan black bear. Everything about that screams black bear to me. Short hair, short claws, micky mouse type ear, snout is also darker like Himalayan black bear. Snout length and spinal arc also looks similar. But it doesn't add up with where the photo was captured.

It’s a standard Sloth bear, quite a few are short haired. Seems to be more prevalent in the males.

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Nah! Man. A standard sloth bear looks like a homeless person. That is a peculiar looking sloth bear. Wiki says that the characteristics of nominal subspecies of srilankan sloth bear is and i quote "The Sri Lankan sloth bear is smaller than the nominate subspecies, has a smaller skull with a condylobasal length of about 250 mm (9.8 in) in females and about 264 mm (10.4 in) in males. It has much shorter body hair, and sometimes lacks the characteristic white chest mark." all which i observe in this sloth bear except size, of which there is no way to be sure of. May be the same traits are also present in sloth bears of central india? Also isn't the parallel resemblance of this sloth bear with Himalayan black bear obvious? Or are my eyes playing tricks! Reply