Sloth bear size

[brobear]

What is the actual size range of the sloth bear? 
How big is the confirmed record sloth bear? 
What actual measurements and weights do we have? 
 
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Melursus_ursinus/ 
 
Range mass
55 to 140 kg
121.15 to 308.37 lb 
 
Range length
1.5 to 1.9 m
4.92 to 6.23 ft

[Gorilla king]

Reply #2:

beargorillarealm.proboards.com/post/2298/thread


6 ADULT MALE SLOTH BEARS AT WASGOMUWA NATIONAL PARK, SRI LANKA, AVERAGED 75 KG (165 LBS), RANGE 65 TO 85 KG.

4 ADULT FEMALES AVERAGED 58 KG (128 LBS), RANGE 51 TO 67 LBS.





www.researchgate.net/publication/228969320_Home_Ranges_and_Habitat_Use_of_Sloth_Bears_Melursus_Ursinus_Inornatus_in_Wasgomuwa_National_Park_Sri_Lanka

[arctozilla]

/\ that's Sri Lankan sloth bears, who are smaller than their mainland counterparts.

[Gorilla king]

Nov 28, 2022 10:10:21 GMT -5 arctozilla said:

/\ that's Sri Lankan sloth bears, who are smaller than their mainland counterparts.

That's right.

beargorillarealm.proboards.com/post/654/thread


THE WEIGHT OF THE INDIAN SLOTH BEAR:


Adult males weight 80-140 Kg and females weight 55-95 Kg (Prater, 1980; Garshelis et al., 1999b).

The median for males would be 110 kg (242 lbs). For females 75 kg (165 lbs).


www.researchgate.net/publication/272022633_Sloth_bear_Melursus_ursinus_Shaw_1_791_Mammalia_Ursidae_from_India_conservation_issues_and_management_actions_a_case_study

[brobear]

Thank you King Kodiak.