Brown bear vs Sloth bear
The brown bear is heavier: 180.5 kg against 93.1 kg for the sloth bear, about 94% more.
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What is the difference between a brown bear and a sloth bear?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The brown bear is heavier: 180.5 kg against 93.1 kg for the sloth bear, about 94% more.
- The brown bear is longer-lived: 43.5 years against 36.7 years for the sloth bear, about 19% longer.
- They share the family Ursidae but sit in different genera: Brown bear in Ursus, Sloth bear in Melursus.
- The brown bear is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the sloth bear is Vulnerable.
Side by side
| Brown bear | Sloth bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Ursus arctos | Melursus ursinus |
| Family | Ursidae | Ursidae |
| Order | Carnivora | Carnivora |
| Weight | 180.5 kg – 240.5 kg | 93.1 kg – 100 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 43.5 years | 36.7 years |
| Main food | apple, beaver, berry, bison, carrion, cattle and 48 more | formicidae, termite |
| Habitat | desert, forest, grassland, shrubland, wetland | forest, grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Vulnerable |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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