Prepared by:

• Shamsul Aulia
• Nor haziqah
• Noor Ashikin
 Scientific Classification
Also known as :Sun bear

Kingdom :Animalia
Phylum :Chordata
Class :Mammalia
Order :Carnivora
Family :Ursidae
Genus :Helarctos
Species: :H. malayanus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Bear
Conservation Status

Vulnerable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Bear
 Description
• The smallest of the world’s
eight living bear species.

• The Malayan sun bear has

short, sleek fur which is
usually black but can range
from reddish-brown to grey.

• Almost every sun bear has an

individually distinct chest
patch that is typically yellow,
orange, or white, and may
sometimes be speckled or
spotted

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sun_bear.html
 Description
• The sun bear has a broad
muzzle that is relatively short
and a large head, giving the
bear a dog-like appearance.

• It has small, rounded ears, a

fleshy forehead that
occasionally looks wrinkled,
and an extremely long tongue
(longest of all bear species). This sun bear, who lives at the St Louis Zoo,
uses that long tongue to get honey from beehives
in tree trunks.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sun_bear.html
 Description
• With feet turned slightly
inward, large naked paws
and long curved claws, the
sun bear is well adapted for
climbing trees.

• Its feet are extraordinarily large

compared with its body size,
potentially assisting in digging
and breaking into dead wood
in search of insects.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sun_bear.html
 Diet
• The diet of the Sun Bear
varies widely and
includes small
vertebrates, such as
lizards, birds, and other
mammals, in addition to
fruits, eggs, termites, the
young tips of palm trees,
nests of bees, berries,
sprouts, insects, roots,
cocoa, and coconuts.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sun_bear.html
Geographic Range

Estimate distribution of the

Sun Bear (Helarctos
malayanus) in Southest Asia.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/9760/0
Why do you hunt me?

for your as pet

gall bladder

Population

Decreasing
 Threats
• Bile is drained from gaping
holes in the abdomens of
bears.
• Bear suffer in these
conditions until they no
longer produce viable
quantities of bile.
• Confiscated bear gall
product on display in
Vietnam.
• Intact bear gall bladder Image: Chinese bear farms warehouse Asiatic
black bears in cages so small they can barely
offered for sale in move.
Singapore.
http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/09/bears-on-the-brink
 U.S. and International Laws
Protecting Bears
• All bears and their parts are regulated in international trade by their listing
on Appendix I or II of the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES), a treaty that includes more than 160 signatory nations.
• The giant panda, Asiatic black bear, sun bear
, sloth bear, spectacled
bear, and the Chinese, Mongolian, Bhutanese, and Mexican populations of
brown bear are all listed on Appendix
I, which prohibits all
international commercial trade.

• All other bear species and populations are listed on Appendix II of CITES,
which regulates commercial trade through a permit system.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/globalmarkets/wildlifetrade/faqs-bear.html
 Conservation Action
• Conservation measures
and priorities vary by
country.

• None of the range

countries have
established specific
conservation measures
for sun bears, and some
taking is permitted.

(Servheen, 1999)
 1. Implement and enforce strict guidelines
on the Mini Zoos in the country.

• Ensure that they are utilizing best

practices in caring for the animals and
that the conditions provided for wildlife
are appropriate.
 2. Species Survival Plan (SSP)

• Program for selected

species in zoos and
aquariums that manages
the breeding of a species
in order to maintain a
healthy and self-
sustaining population.

http://www.zoo.org/animal-facts/malayansunbear
 2. Species Survival Plan (SSP)

• This is a cooperative
breeding program,
with a number of zoos
working together to
ensure the survival of
the species.

http://www.zoo.org/animal-facts/malayansunbear
 2. Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

Sun Bear Species Survival Plan

a) The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) will create

a new facility to house and rehabilitate the 20-30 young orphaned
and captive sun bears in Borneo living in substandard conditions
with no access to outdoor areas and no present hope of returning
to the wild.

http://www.zoo.org/Page.aspx?pid=1279
 2. Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

b) The BSBCC will provide bear night houses attached to

natural forest enclosures in existing primary and
secondary forest at Sepilok Forest Reserve in Sabah,
Malaysian Borneo.

http://www.zoo.org/Page.aspx?pid=1279
 2. Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre

c) The BSBCC will promote sun bear conservation by:

• Creating the capacity to rehabilitate and release suitable

orphaned and ex-captive bears back into the wild.
• Providing improved long-term living environment for
captive bears that cannot be released,
• Educating the public and raising awareness about this
species, currently listed as “vulnerable” by the IUCN.
• Releasing these bears will also increase genetic diversity
and viability of sun bear populations in Borneo.

http://www.zoo.org/Page.aspx?pid=1279
Articles of sun bear
• Most of the bear will
be reintroduced back
into the wild.
• But those who had
weak eyesight or are
not fit enough, will
remain at the centre
and will be look after
by its volunteers
Sun bears seized in
Ratanakkiri
Photo by: TRACEY
SHELTON A member of
the WRRT walks the
two rescued bear cubs
to their new enclosure at
Phnom Tamao
Thursday. 
• The cubs, which still
require bottle-
feeding, are being
cared for by Free
the Bears at Phnom
Tamao.
THE SUN BEARS AT THE RARE SPECIES CONSERVATI
ON CENTRE AND ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS, UK

• Sun Bear Weekend’ over the May Bank

Holiday (24th & 25th May), an event
celebrating and raising awareness and
money for sun bears (funds to go to
BSBCC in Sabah).
 Kuamut
, our latest rescued sun bear
• She was kept as a pet as a small cub, with
her mother probably being killed by
poachers. When her size was getting
bigger, stronger and more dangerous, the
owner decided not to keep her any. 
• longer.The owner released her back to the
forest (luckily not slaughter her for her
body parts) but she kept coming back to
the village because she was habituated to
people and associated human with food.
• At the end, the villagers contacted the
wildlife department, who confiscated the
bear and sent her to our centre

• rehabilitation process.