A well publicised expedition to Bhutan initially reported that a hair sample had been obtained, which by DNA analysis by Professor Bryan Sykes could not be matched to any known animal.Mystery Primate. The Statesmen Analysis completed after the media release, however, clearly showed the samples were from a brown bear (Ursus arctos) and an Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus).
A well publicised expedition to Bhutan initially reported that a hair sample had been obtained, which by DNA analysis by Professor Bryan Sykes could not be matched to any known animal.Mystery Primate The Statesmen Analysis completed after the media release, however, clearly showed the samples were from a b.rown bear (Ursus arctos) and an Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus).