Malayan sun bear
| Malayan sun bear | |
|---|---|
| A female Malayan sun bear sitting in her enclosure of zoo Basel | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Genus: | Helarctos |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | H. m. malayanus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Helarctos malayanus malayanus (Raffles, 1821) | |
The Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus malayanus) is a subspecies of sun bear, occurring in southeast Asia. In 2025, Malayan sun bear along with the Bornean sun bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus), have been selected to be new campaign mascots for Visit Malaysia Year 2026.