Sloth Bear

[GuateGojira]

(08-20-2019, 06:35 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: With the females, we can do the same, using the two known weights from the females from Panna TR which are 45 kg and 80 kg with the female of 124 kg from Brander (1927) and the female of 95 kg from NBFD we can calculate an average of 86 kg (n=4; range 45 - 124 kg).

I found other weight from a female sloth bear reported by Hornaday (1901), which is a realiable source of information. The measurements are "between pegs" and the specimens says that it was fully adult:

*This image is copyright of its original author

So, using using the two known weights from the females from Panna TR which are 45 kg and 80 kg, the female of 124 kg from Brander (1927), the female of 95 kg from NBFD and the "new" female of 77 kg from Hornaday (1901), we can calculate an average of 84.2 kg (n=5; range 45 - 124 kg).

We still need to know the other 4 missing females from Panna TR, but this average give us a good idea of the size of the female sloth bears in India overall.

The text says "black bear" but because of the region and the old (and now unused) scientific name "Ursus labiatus", we know that this is no other than a sloth bear. Reply