Asian Black Bear - Local Names

Local Names

• Abor: Situm
• Baluch: Mam
• Bengali: Balak or Bhalluk
• Bhotia: Thom
• Burmese: Wekwon
• Daphla: Sutum
• Garo: Mapol
• Hindi: Kala Bhalu (also spelt Bāloo) or Reech (also spelt Rinch) Rikh in many areas of himachal pradesh
• Japanese: ツキノワグマ (tsukinowaguma), literally meaning "crescent bear"
• Kachari: Miephúr or Musu-bhurma
• Kannada: Karadi
• Kashmiri: Seeah harpat
• Korean: 반달가슴곰 (bandalgaseumgom), literally "half-moon chest bear"

Khasi - Dngiem

• Kuki: Viempi
• Khowar: Shra Okhchz, (meaning "Black Bear")
• Mizo: Savawm or Vawmpui
• Lepcha: Sona
• Manchu: najihiyan (ᠨᠠᠵᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠰ), mojihiyan(ᠮᠣᠵᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠰ), dojihiyan (ᠳᠣᠵᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠰ)
• Manipuri: Sawom
• Marathi: Aswal
• Naga: Húghúm, Thagua, Thega, Chúp, Sevam or Sápá
• Nepali: Sanár or Hingbong
• Persian: خرس (khers)
• Russian: Гимала́йский медве́дь (gimalayskiy medved, meaning "Himalayan bear") or белогрудый медве́дь (belogrudiy medved, meaning "white-chested bear")
• Standard Chinese: 亞洲黑熊 (traditional) 亚洲黑熊 (simplified) Yàzhōu hēixióng, meaning "Asian black bear"
• Tamil: Karadi
• Telugu: Elugu Banti
• Thai: หมีควาย (mǐǐkwaai), literally "buffalo bear"
• Urdu: ریچھ (reech)
• Vietnamese: gấu ngựa, lit. "horse bear"