Sloth Bear - Fresno Chaffee Zoo

sloth bear   sloth bear Sloth bears are not themselves predatory. They live mostly on termites, ants and fruit. But they have developed fierce reputations of their own

slothk Characteristics: Sloth bears are unique looking bears. These are mostly black bears with a V or Y whitish cream marking on the chest. The fur is. The animals got their name in the 1700s when the hide of a sloth bear was brought to Europe with a description that the animal had a long trunk-like snout and

slothoki Sloth bears are omnivorous, mainly myrmecophagous animals. They are expert hunters of termites and ants, which they locate by smell. They also supplement their Sloth bears, which once ranged as far east as Bhutan, are now believed to be limited to Nepal, India and Sri Lanka, where they face threats from urbanization,