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sloth bear: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: UC San Diego - Center for Perinatal Discovery - Sloth Bear. Jan 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Idaho Falls - Sloth Bear. Nov 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Fresno Chaffee Zoo - Sloth Bear. Sep 06, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - On the Behavioural Ecology of Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in Mudumai Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern India. Mar 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging. Jan 18, 2024
Add new Web site: UC San Diego - Center for Perinatal Discovery - Sloth Bear. Nov 24, 2023
Add new Web site: International Association for Bear Research and Management - Sloth Bear. May 27, 2023
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Animals & Plants - Sloth Bear. Apr 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Melursus ursinus. Jan 19, 2023
Added a map of the geographic ranges of living bears. Sep 27, 2022
Article revised and updated. May 27, 2022
Add new Web site: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - Sloth bear. Aug 30, 2017
Added new Web site: Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - Sloth bear. Dec 02, 2008
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Sloth Bear. Dec 02, 2008
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Sloth bear. Dec 02, 2008
Added new Web site: Great Bear Foundation - Sloth Bear. Dec 02, 2008
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Sloth Bear. Dec 02, 2008
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Sloth Bears. Dec 02, 2008
Media added. Nov 19, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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