The Himalayan Black Bear pictured here in the Gangtok zoo.

The Himalayan Black Bear is a bear found in the eastern Himalayas in Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. The bears inhabit elevations between 4,000 and 12,000 feet in the temperate forests of the Himalayas. The bear is hebivorous and eats mostly sugarcane and bamboo. Gangtok is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Sikkim. ... Insert: Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù Â â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü ß Ã ã Ñ ñ Õ õ Ç ç... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... The Kingdom of Nepal, situated in the Himalayas, is the worlds only Hindu kingdom. ... Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... The Kingdom of Bhutan is a small, landlocked nation of South Asia, located in the Himalaya Mountains, sandwiched between India and the Peoples Republic of China. ... Species -wild -wild -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...