Helarctos malayanus
bear found in tropical forest habitats of Southeast Asia
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Summary
Helarctos malayanus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,414 views/month, #540 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bengkulu[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[5]
- Parent taxon: Helarctos[6]
- Endemic to: Indonesia[7]
- Taxon name: Helarctos malayanus[8]
- Commons category: Helarctos malayanus[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Helarctos malayanus[10]
- Commons gallery: Helarctos malayanus[11]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
- Original combination: Ursus malayanus[13]
- Taxon synonym: Ursus malayanus[14]
- Taxon common name: Malayan sun bear[15], Malayan Bear[16], Sun Bear[17], Oso malayo[18], Malaikaru[19], Ours malais[20], Maláj medve[21], Orso malese[22], マレーグマ[23], ខ្លាឃ្មុំតូច[24], Beruang[25], Bərəbiəng[26], Biruang malajski[27], Urso-malaio[28]
- Habitat: forest[29]
- Gestation period: 96 day[30]
- Bite force quotient: 160[31]
- Longest observed lifespan: 35.9 years[32]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Helarctos_malayanus[33]
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Identifiers
Helarctos malayanus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41655[34]. Helarctos malayanus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9634[35]. Helarctos malayanus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328074[36]. Helarctos malayanus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433403[37]. Helarctos malayanus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621847[38].
Why It Matters
Helarctos malayanus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]