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Melursus ursinus

Melursus ursinus (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Ursidae
Genus: Melursus
Species: Melursus ursinus
Subspecies: M. u. inornatus - M. u. ursinus

Name

Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)

Type locality: "Abinteriore Bengala" (Patna, north of the Ganges, Bengal, India (Pocock, 1941))

Synonyms

* Melursus lybius Meyer, 1793
* Bradypus ursinus Shaw, 1791


Vernacular names
English: Sloth Bear
日本語: ナマケグマ
Polski: Wargacz
Português: Urso-beiçudo
Türkçe: Tembel ayı
Українська: Ведмідь-губач

References

* Melursus ursinus on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Nat. Misc., 2 (unpaginated) pl. 58.

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