Melursus ursinus

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Melursus ursinus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: 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
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Ursidae
Genus: Melursus
Species: Melursus ursinus
Subspecies: M. u. inornatus - M. u. ursinus

[edit] Name

Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)

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

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Vernacular names

[edit] References

• Melursus ursinus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Nat. Misc., 2 (unpaginated) pl. 58.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214