Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-109
Author(s):  
Harendra Singh Bargali ◽  
Karine E. Pigeon ◽  
Naim Akhtar ◽  
Thomas Sharp ◽  
Kajal K. Jadav
Keyword(s):  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Melursus Ursinus

Seed Dispersal by the Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in South India1

Biotropica ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Sreekumar ◽  
M. Balakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Melursus Ursinus

Surgical Management of Bilateral Epulides in a Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) at Nandankanan Zoological Park

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Nath ◽  
S.K. Sahu ◽  
S.K. Panda ◽  
N. Sahoo ◽  
A.K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Dental Pathology ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Normal Feeding ◽  
Upper Jaw ◽  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Melursus Ursinus ◽  
Zoological Park

Background: Epulides, tumors of periodontal origin, are commonly reported in dogs and infrequently in cats. But its documentation among wild animals is scarce. Retrospective study of the available literature did not find any report of epulis in sloth bears, though dental pathology is common in captive sloth bears. The present study depicts the details about an incidence of bilateral epulides in a captive sloth bear of Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar, India and its successful surgical management.Methods: A male sloth bear aged about 15 years, developed bilateral swellings at the upper jaw, protruding out of the oral cavity, impeding with its normal feeding and drinking. Close physical examination under general anaesthesia revealed that the swellings are bilateral epulides at the upper jaw involving canines of both sides. The epulides were surgically excised, histopathology of the excised mass was conducted and a course of antibiotic treatment was followed.Result: The epulides were found to be of fibromatous and ossifying type. In the present case, there was no recurrence of epulides at the surgical site after their excision and the procedure proved curative. This work is a complementary contribution to the dental pathology study of sloth bears in captivity. 

scholarly journals Characteristics of human - sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) encounters and the resulting human casualties in the Kanha-Pench corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. e0176612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aniruddha H. Dhamorikar ◽  
Prakash Mehta ◽  
Harendra Bargali ◽  
Kedar Gore
Keyword(s):  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Melursus Ursinus

scholarly journals Relocation of a GPS collared conflict Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus (Mammalia: Carnivora) in Karnataka, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 17856-17864
Author(s):  
Attur Shanmugam Arun ◽  
Swaminathan Shanmugavelu ◽  
Yogaraj Pannerselvam ◽  
Thomas Robert Sharp ◽  
Sydney Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Park ◽  
Movement Pattern ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Explosive Device ◽  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Melursus Ursinus

The relocation of conflict bears has been a tool used widely across the United States and Canada with mixed results.  It has also been used in India with Sloth Bears, though without follow-up it remains unknown how successful these relocation efforts have been.  We documented the capture and relocation of a conflict female Sloth Bear from a rural area near Bangalore, Karnataka, India to Bannerghatta National Park roughly 30km away.  This female bear, approximately six years old, was fitted with a VHF/GPS store-on-board collar, and her movements tracked.  She did not attempt to return to her capture location but during the first two-month period after being released she did roam over an area roughly six times that of typical female Sloth Bear home range.  Over the subsequent months the area over which she roamed continued to decline.  She was least active mid-day and more active in the evening, night, and early morning.  During her last few weeks in January, before she was killed by an explosive device just outside of the park, her movement pattern shrank considerably.  The post-mortem examination showed that she had been pregnant when killed and would have given birth within the next two weeks.  These reduced movements were consistent with those of periparturient female bears or potentially with a bear becoming more acclimated to her new surroundings.  The relocation effort appeared successful up until the Sloth Bear was killed by poacher activity. 

scholarly journals Management of gun-shot wounds in a Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 2734-2734 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Nath ◽  
T.K. Pattanaik ◽  
N. Sahoo ◽  
V.S.C. Bose ◽  
J.K. Das ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gun Shot ◽  
Sloth Bear ◽  
Shot Wounds ◽  
Melursus Ursinus
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