馬來熊為熊類中體型最小者，擅長爬樹，野生族群分布於亞洲熱帶，棲地的環境豐富度高。本研究是以屏東科技大學野生動物收容中心與台北木柵動物園10隻馬來熊分3 組不同籠舍環境進行調查，在120個記錄時間點樣本均有刻板行為的發生，平均發生率分別為49.5%、47.3%和66%，其中兩組樣本有出現部份自殘與剝奪性刻板行為。觀察中發現向上延伸的空間之籠舍，並設置可供馬來熊攀爬的棲架和樹，藉以提高籠舍的環境豐富度，擬照原生環境的生活模式，可減少刻板行為發生次數。
Having the smallest body size among all bears, the Malayan Sun Bears are good in climbing trees and their wild herds mainly populate in the tropics where the environment richness is high. This study was based on the survey in the Wildlife Shelters of National Pingtung University of Technology and Taipei City Mucha Zoo, that 10 sun bears were divided into 3 groups of different cage environment. The researcher found that the occurrence of stereotyped behavior on all 120 check points, the average incidence rate is 49.5%, 47.3% and 66%, of which two samples showed some stereotypic behavior of self-abuse and deprivation. The observations found that the occurrence of stereotypic behaviors among sun bears can be reduced, if space is extended upward, and the climbing frame and trees were set up by way of increasing the environment richness and mimicking the life style of the Sun Bear's native environment.
