Search for the golden moon bear

science and adventure in Southeast Asia

by Sy Montgomery

2002 324 pages eng

"Only eight bear species are known to science: the American black bear; the grizzly; the polar bear; the South American spectacled bear; Asia's sun bear, moon bear, and sloth bear; and the Chinese panda. The moon bears' lineage (most similar to that of the American black bear) as black-coated mounta…