A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

According to National Geographic, he had seen the brown-throated sloth, Bradypus variegatus, from his car window. He pulled over and started filming, not realizing what was about to happen.

Brown-throated three-toed sloths are also known as Bradypus variegatus. Mothers in this sloth subspecies raise their young solo for up to 12 months, according to The Sloth Conservation Foundation.

On several occasions, the cameras photographed a shaggy brown bear identified by researchers as an “extremely rare” leucistic sloth bear. Sloth bears are a vulnerable species found across India.

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...

On several occasions, the cameras photographed a shaggy brown bear identified by researchers as an “extremely rare” leucistic sloth bear. Sloth bears are a vulnerable species found across India.