Senenarctos Tribetanus shine sunan kimiyyar kimiyya ga bakar fata, wacce take da Himalayas da Himalayas, China, Japan, da kudu maso gabas Asiya. Sunan "Selenarctos" ya samo asali ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "selene," ma'anar wata, da "arctos," ma'anar bear, yayin da "thibetanus" yana nufin kasancewar beyar a Tibet.
