Where Does The Sloth Bear Live. Their habitat varies significantly and includes dry and wet tropical forests scrublands savannahs and grasslands. The sloth bear is mainly found in india sri lanka nepal bhutan and bangladesh.
Humans have driven them to extinction in bangladesh though these bears also reside in southern nepal and sri lanka. It has also been called labiated bear because of its long lower lip and palate used for sucking up insects. They were also common throughout bangladesh but are now extinct in the region.
Sloth bears live throughout regions of india and some surrounding areas.
The sloth bear melursus ursinus is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the indian subcontinent it feeds on fruits ants and termites it is listed as vulnerable on the iucn red list mainly because of habitat loss and degradation. Human expansion has reduced some of their former range in southwestern and northern india. The sloth bear melursus ursinus is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the indian subcontinent it feeds on fruits ants and termites it is listed as vulnerable on the iucn red list mainly because of habitat loss and degradation. Humans have driven them to extinction in bangladesh though these bears also reside in southern nepal and sri lanka.
