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"

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