Ursid Hybrid - Sloth Bear Hybrids

Sloth Bear Hybrids

Hybrids have been produced between the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) and the Malayan sun bear (Ursus malayanus) at Tama Zoo in Tokyo, and also between the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) and the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus, or Selenarctos thibetanus).

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