Melursus (Sloth Bears) — Wallace's Line

Species in this group

VU

Melursus ursinus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~40%

Jan

~40%

Feb

~50%

Mar

~50%

Apr

~50%

May

~50%

Jun

~50%

Jul

~40%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~30%

Oct

~40%

Nov

~40%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Sloth Bears

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 1 species (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks In captivity: 43 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 1	~80%
	Sloth Bear			~80%
2	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 1	~50%
	Sloth Bear			~50%
3	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 1	~50%
	Sloth Bear			~50%
4	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 1	~40%
	Sloth Bear			~40%
5	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 1	~40%
	Sloth Bear			~40%
6	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 1	~40%
	Sloth Bear			~40%
7	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 1	~30%
	Sloth Bear			~30%
8	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 1	~20%
	Sloth Bear			~20%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	San Diego Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
2	National Zoological Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
3	Zlín-Lešná Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
4	Arignar Anna Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
5	Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
6	Zoo Miami	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
7	Nehru Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
8	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
9	Brookfield Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
10	National Zoological Park Delhi	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
11	Indira Gandhi Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
12	Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
13	Detroit Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
14	Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
15	Mysore Zoo	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
16	Bannerghatta Zoo	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
17	Woodland Park Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
18	Edinburgh Zoo	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
19	Calgary Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
20	ZooTampa	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
21	Montgomery Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
22	Warangal Zoo	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
23	Alipore Zoological Gardens	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
24	Nahargarh Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
25	Fresno Chaffee Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
26	Safari North Wildlife Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
27	Thiruvananthapuram Zoo	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
28	Little Rock Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
29	NaturZoo Rheine	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
30	Tata Steel Zoological Park	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
31	Kathmandu Zoo	🇳🇵 Nepal	In captivity
32	Adventure Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
33	Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
34	Seattle Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
35	Birch Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
36	Glen Echo Park Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
37	Greater Cleveland Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
38	Kung Fu Corals	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
39	Lee Richardson Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
40	Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
41	Seattle Marine Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
42	Taraporewala Aquarium	🇮🇳 India	In captivity
43	Zootastic Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity

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Challenges

Part of the challengeThe Jungle BookAsiaTiger (Shere Khan)Sloth bear (Baloo)Leopard (Bagheera)Indian python (Kaa)Elephant (Hathi)