It is not. Actually, the sun bear is a different type of bear.
There are eight species of bears: the brown bear (also called grizzly or Kodiak bear), American black bear, Asiatic black bear, spectacled bear, Malayan sun bear, polar bear, sloth bear and Giant Panda bear .There are three subfamilies of bears: Ailuropodinae, Tremarctinae, and Ursinae. There are 30 species of bears.There are eight full species.
i don't know all the types and exactly ho many there are but i do know a few. polar bear black bear (American black bear, Asiatic black bear) grizzly bear Spectacled bear sun bear
Black bears are most closely related to Asian black bears and the Sun bear.
There are eight species of bear in the world:Polar bear Brown bear American black bear Asian black bear Spectacles bear Sun bear Sloth bear Giant panda bear
The polar bear, grizzly bear, sun bear, spirit bear panda bear and the brown bear are related to the black bear. Even though the koala bear has the word Bear in it, it isn't related to the black bear.
There are 8 species of bears:Brown bear Polar bear American black bear Asian black bear Spectacled bear Sloth Bear Sun Bear Panda bear
The black bear would win this fight. A black bear has more muscles and a bad aggression with sharper claws and teeth.
There are eight species of bear in the world:Polar bear Brown bear American black bear Asian black bear Spectacles bear Sun bear Sloth bear Giant panda bear
Bears hibernate, these include the Sun bear, the black bear, the grizzly bear, and the brown bear. Bears.
Types of bears: American Black Bear (United States, Canada); Brown Bear (Canada, Alaska, Northern Euraisa); Polar Bear (Arctic Circle); Giant Panda (China); Asiatic Black Bear (Southern and Eastern Asia); Bloth Bear (Tropical forest of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal); Spectacled Bear (South America); Sun Bear (tropical forests of Southeast Asia). well there is the brown bear, the black bear and the polar bear!
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The sun bear is typically black with a white to reddish 'sun' patch on its chest. The patch can vary from a irregular spot to a circle to a U shape.