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Definition of Sloth bear
1. Noun. Common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia.
Generic synonyms: Bear
Group relationships: Genus Melursus, Melursus
Definition of Sloth bear
1. Noun. A nocturnal bear living in the South Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloth Bear
Literary usage of Sloth bear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"In this case there was no attempt to devour, and it may have been, as I have
often observed with the Indian sloth bear, that such attacks are made by ..."
2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"INDIAN SLOTH-BEAR (Melursus ursinus). derived from a small extinct bear whose
remains occur in the ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1835)
"... sloth bear, or Ursine Sloth.' By the two last names it is, or very lately was,
shown in menageries ; and Bewick gave an excellent portrait of it in his ..."
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