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Sloth Bear

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From Wiki: Sloth bears may have reached their current form in the early Pleistocene, the time when the bear family specialized and dispersed. A fragment of fossilized humerus from the Pleistocene, found in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool Basin is identical to the humerus of a modern sloth bear. The fossilized skulls of a bear once named [i]Melursus theobaldi[/i] found in the Shivaliks from the early Pleistocene or early Pliocene are thought by certain authors to represent an intermediate stage between sloth bears and ancestral brown bears. [i]M. theobaldi[/i] itself had teeth intermediate in size between sloth bears and other bear species, though its palate was the same size as the former species, leading to the theory that it is the sloth bear's direct ancestor. Sloth bears probably arose during the mid-Pliocene and evolved in the Indian subcontinent. The sloth bear shows evidence of having undergone a convergent evolution similar to that of other ant-eating mammals.
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Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 03-30-2016, 04:30 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 04-02-2016, 05:04 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 04-02-2016, 11:18 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 04-02-2016, 11:51 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 04-12-2016, 03:35 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 04-14-2016, 10:17 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 04-28-2016, 10:38 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 05-03-2016, 09:38 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 05-03-2016, 09:58 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 05-03-2016, 10:10 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 05-04-2016, 01:15 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 05-04-2016, 01:41 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 05-04-2016, 02:15 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 05-04-2016, 02:24 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 05-04-2016, 09:31 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 05-10-2016, 09:28 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 05-12-2016, 12:06 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 05-22-2016, 01:37 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 05-23-2016, 09:57 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - sanjay - 05-27-2016, 11:05 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 05-27-2016, 03:25 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 06-02-2016, 10:31 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 06-03-2016, 02:00 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 06-06-2016, 12:30 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 06-14-2016, 12:15 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 06-29-2016, 02:42 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 07-08-2016, 03:47 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 10-16-2016, 11:32 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 03:38 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 03:45 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-22-2016, 10:45 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-22-2016, 04:00 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 01:57 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 02:32 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-22-2016, 05:35 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 05:44 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-22-2016, 06:00 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 05:41 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-22-2016, 06:10 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 06:27 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-22-2016, 06:32 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 06:55 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-22-2016, 07:02 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 06:22 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-25-2016, 08:22 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 06:45 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 07:16 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-22-2016, 07:23 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Polar - 11-22-2016, 11:33 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-23-2016, 05:33 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-22-2016, 11:21 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-23-2016, 05:39 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-23-2016, 06:21 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-23-2016, 07:53 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-23-2016, 08:41 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-23-2016, 08:56 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-23-2016, 09:15 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-23-2016, 09:42 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-23-2016, 10:26 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-23-2016, 10:56 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-24-2016, 05:55 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-24-2016, 06:07 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-24-2016, 06:57 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-24-2016, 08:09 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-24-2016, 09:29 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-25-2016, 06:31 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-25-2016, 02:55 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-25-2016, 06:56 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-25-2016, 07:01 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-25-2016, 07:18 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-25-2016, 07:24 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-25-2016, 07:42 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-25-2016, 07:58 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Vinay - 11-25-2016, 07:44 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-25-2016, 08:15 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-25-2016, 07:51 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-25-2016, 08:53 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-25-2016, 09:38 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 11-26-2016, 08:48 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 11-26-2016, 10:08 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 12-02-2016, 06:05 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 12-09-2016, 01:26 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 01-02-2017, 08:32 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ngala - 01-29-2017, 03:23 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 08-02-2017, 09:41 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 10-12-2017, 11:53 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 10-13-2017, 12:20 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 10-23-2017, 05:02 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 11-29-2017, 08:28 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 01-15-2018, 07:35 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - parvez - 02-03-2018, 01:13 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 03-04-2018, 11:46 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 03-05-2018, 07:03 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 03-05-2018, 11:50 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 03-05-2018, 01:33 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 03-10-2018, 06:26 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Wolverine - 03-11-2018, 09:17 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 03-11-2018, 03:04 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 03-18-2018, 06:52 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 03-24-2018, 07:57 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 03-27-2018, 06:14 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 03-30-2018, 08:11 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 04-03-2018, 06:37 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 04-08-2018, 04:08 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 04-08-2018, 04:48 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - brotherbear - 04-08-2018, 04:52 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Wolverine - 04-08-2018, 07:29 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 04-08-2018, 07:53 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Wolverine - 04-09-2018, 11:15 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Spalea - 04-09-2018, 12:52 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 04-10-2018, 02:22 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 04-22-2018, 04:05 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 05-13-2018, 10:52 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Shir Babr - 05-23-2018, 12:29 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Jimmy - 07-03-2018, 12:59 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Shir Babr - 07-03-2018, 04:27 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Jimmy - 07-03-2018, 08:47 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 07-03-2018, 09:20 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Tshokwane - 07-13-2018, 07:47 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Shir Babr - 07-19-2018, 07:28 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 08-21-2018, 08:41 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Suhail - 10-24-2018, 10:56 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 10-25-2018, 09:32 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-22-2018, 01:57 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 02-08-2019, 10:20 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Sanju - 03-12-2019, 09:10 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Sanju - 03-31-2019, 11:25 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 05-18-2019, 02:17 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 06-28-2019, 10:39 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 07-31-2019, 09:01 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - GuateGojira - 08-20-2019, 06:35 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 08-20-2019, 08:03 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - epaiva - 08-20-2019, 10:14 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - GuateGojira - 08-27-2019, 12:58 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Spalea - 09-17-2019, 01:17 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 10-03-2019, 09:38 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 10-29-2019, 10:58 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Incogray - 11-19-2021, 12:37 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-19-2021, 11:18 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - BorneanTiger - 11-01-2019, 06:43 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Shadow - 11-25-2019, 12:48 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - BorneanTiger - 01-21-2020, 11:28 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - LazarLazar - 01-31-2020, 01:00 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - BorneanTiger - 01-31-2020, 02:55 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - BloodyClaws - 03-19-2020, 12:40 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - TigreFeroce9 - 03-23-2020, 02:23 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Sully - 03-30-2020, 07:03 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Spalea - 04-04-2020, 11:36 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 04-27-2020, 03:23 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rishi - 05-13-2020, 10:10 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Sanju - 06-17-2020, 11:31 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 12-11-2020, 10:35 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Ashutosh - 11-19-2021, 10:29 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Incogray - 11-20-2021, 03:56 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Pckts - 11-20-2021, 10:00 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - Incogray - 11-21-2021, 11:44 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rage2277 - 02-21-2022, 09:00 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - Rage2277 - 09-02-2022, 04:56 AM
RE: Sloth Bear - GreenGrolar - 09-04-2022, 04:33 PM
RE: Sloth Bear - palulu - 09-30-2023, 06:16 AM



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