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Teddiursa are small, mammalian Pokémon that resemble bear cubs. They have short, orange-brown fur that covers their body, except for their mouth and the crescent moon marking on their heads, which are a light tan. They have small, round bodies with short limbs and a short, puffy tail. They also have circular eyes with blue irises, three claws on their forepaws, and two on their feet, on which there is a circular yellow paw-pad on the underside. Teddiursa are reminiscent in appearance of teddy bears.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
It is said that when Teddiursa find honey, the crescent moon on their head glows. They have also been known to concoct their own honey out of fruit and Beedrill pollen. Teddiursa tend to lick their paws because their paws absorb honey.
Behavior
Teddiursa appear to have a large appetite. Before food becomes scarce in wintertime, its habit is to hoard food in many hidden locations. They can be quite cunning in obtaining their food, for example charming people in order to steal food from them and tricking the people into blaming the thefts on other Pokémon. However, they have also been known to team up with friends. Teddiursa seem easily frightened and often look to Ursaring for protection.
Molly Hale used an illusion of a Teddiursa to battle Brock in Spell of the Unown. She is seen with a real one at the end of the movie.
Teddiursa's first major TV appearance was in UnBEARable. This Teddiursa was a thief by pretending to be cute to humans to steal their food and blame it on their Pokémon. Ultimately it would evolve into Ursaring at the end of the episode.
A Teddiursa appeared in Going For A Spinda. This Teddiursa was disguised as a Spinda by Team Rocket and tied up in order to lure a Spinda to them, but instead its Ursaring parent came and blasted them away.
Teddiursa, the Little Bear Pokémon. This cute, cuddly Pokémon is easily frightened and frequently licks its paws, which are usually covered with sweet honey.
This Pokémon likes to lick its palms that are sweetened by being soaked in honey. Teddiursa concocts its own honey by blending fruits and pollen collected by Beedrill.
The official HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork is the first to correctly depict a Teddiursa licking its paws. Previous interpretations (including game sprites and 3-D models) mistakenly portrayed it more like thumbsucking.
Teddiursa can be seen as a parallel to Phanpy. Both of them are Generation II Pokémon. Teddiursa is exclusive to Pokémon Gold*, and SoulSilver, while Phanpy is exclusive to Pokémon Silver* and HeartGold. They both also have one evolution each and both have Pickup as an Ability, while both their evolved forms do not.
Teddiursa and Phanpy, along with their evolutions, are the only Pokémon to swap version-exclusive status between localizations.
Origin
Teddiursa is based on a teddy bear and possibly a Sun Bear or Sloth Bearcub, both honey bears. The moon marking, the fact that it is a cub, and the fact that it is a bear may mean it might have been based on the constellation Ursa Minor's mythology.
Name origin
Teddiursa is a combination of teddy bear and ursa (Latin for bear).
Himeguma may be a combination of 姫 hime (princess) or hi (an alternate reading of 朏 mikazuki [crescent moon]) and 熊 kuma (bear).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.