It is possible that the bear’s arboreal habits and their long claws led to their original misclassification as sloths in the 1700s. Native to the Indian subcontinent, sloth bears mainly live in forested or grassland areas of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. Males generally wander around a 5-mile radius while females usually stick to a 3-mile radius. Don’t you think that this is a strange name for a bear since it isn’t a sloth? They have long, curved claws that are up to 3 inches long.
