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            Sun Bear or Honey Bear in the Rimba, the Southeast Asian rainforest in Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
The Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Its Malay and Indonesian name is Beruang Madu ("Honey Bear").
The Sun Bear stands approximately 1.2 m in length, making it the smallest member in the bear family. Males tend to be 10-45% larger than females; the former normally weigh between 30 and 60 kg, the latter between 20 and 40 kg.
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.
Being a primarily nocturnal creature, the Sun Bear tends to rest during the day on lower limbs not far above the ground. Because it spends so much time in trees, the Sun Bear can sometimes cause a good amount of damage to private property. It has been known to destroy coconut palms and cacao trees on plantations.

Maleise beer of Honingbeer in de Rimba, deel van Burgers Zoo in Arnhem met planten en dieren uit het zuid-oost Aziatisch regenwoud.
De Maleise beer (Helarctos malayanus) is een beer uit Zuidoost-Azië. 
Het zijn goede klimmers die een groot deel van de dag in de boom doorbrengen. 
De scherpe klauwen komen bij het klimmen goed van pas. Maleise beren zijn omnivoren. Hun menu bestaat onder andere uit kleine zoogdieren, vogels, termieten en planten. 
Opvallend aan de Maleise beer is de heldere witte of gele, halvemaanvormige vlek op de borst. De korte snuit heeft ook een heldere kleur, meestal geel of oranjeachtig. 
Deze gelaatskleur strekt zich meestal tot boven de ogen uit. De oren zijn klein en rond. Karakteristiek zijn verder de grote gebogen klauwen en de onbehaarde voetzolen.
Een volwassen dier kan een lichaamslengte van 120 tot 150 cm bereiken en een gewicht van tussen de 30 en 60 kg. 
Daarmee is de Maleise beer de kleinste vertegenwoordiger van de berenfamilie.
De Maleise beer leeft in de tropische regenwouden van Zuidoost-Azië, van Birma, Yunnan (China) en India via Thailand, Laos, Cambodja en Vietnam tot Maleisië, Kalimantan en Sumatra (Indonesië).

Info: Wikipedia (English and Dutch)
   

Taken in: Netherlands / Gelderland / Arnhem / Bakenberg (show map)

Taken on: May 18, 2009

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Camera: Sony DSLR-A350, f/4.0, 1/125 sec, 75mm (=112mm), ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

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