马来熊是生活在东南亚热带雨林中的一种小型熊类。它们有深褐色至黑色的毛皮，脸部和口鼻部呈黄褐色，上胸部则有独特的橙色新月状斑纹。马来熊有宽大的头部、方方长长的口鼻部以及小巧的圆形耳朵。雄性和雌性的外观相似，但雄性的体型比雌性大 10% 至 20%。它们的体长介于 120 至 150 厘米之间，体重则介于 27 至 65 公斤之间。
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Helarctos malayanus
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Animal Facts
The sun bear is the smallest bear species.
Sun bear cubs are born blind and hairless.
Sun bears are also known as ‘honey bears’ because of their love of honey and their habit of breaking open beehives to get it.
The sun bear’s tongue is 20-25cm long; it uses its tongue to extract insects and honey.
Sun bears can copy each other’s facial expression; a primate-like behaviour.