Helarctos (Sun Bears) — Where Wildlife

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

VU

Helarctos malayanus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~20%

Mar

~20%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~20%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~40%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Sun Bears

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1	~50%
	Sun Bear			~50%
2	Way Kambas National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1	~30%
	Sun Bear			Insufficient data
3	Gunung Leuser National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1	~20%
	Sun Bear			~20%
4	Taman Negara National Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1	~10%
	Sun Bear			Insufficient data
5	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1	~10%
	Sun Bear			Insufficient data
6	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1	~10%
	Sun Bear			Insufficient data
7	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1	~10%
	Sun Bear			Insufficient data
8	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1	~10%
	Sun Bear			Insufficient data