The Smallest Member in The Bear
Kingdom
The Look of Beruang Madu
Bengkulu’s Beruang Madu (Helarctos malayanus) is one of the
samples of Indonesia’s richness of the animal species. The Beruang Madu is also
known as the Sun Bear is the smallest bear in the world. With only 1.40 m in
height, the Sun Bear is only less then 1/2 the size of the largest bear in the
family, the polar bear. The Sun Bear’s back height is 70 cm in average. Their
weight is only around 50 – 65 kg. They have long finger nails that they used to
climb trees with straight branches. 