Malayan sun bear
| Malayan sun bear | |
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| A female Malayan sun bear sitting in her enclosure of zoo Basel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Helarctos |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | H. m. malayanus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Helarctos malayanus malayanus (Raffles, 1821) | |
The Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus malayanus) is a subspecies of sun bear, occurring in southeast Asia. The Malayan sun bear's conservation status is Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Its population is decreasing due to threats like habitat loss from deforestation and commercial hunting, primarily for products like bear bile.