Melursus ursinus

Melursus ursinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria 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

References

• Melursus ursinus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Nat. Misc., 2 (unpaginated) pl. 58.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

eesti: Huulkaru
English: Sloth Bear
magyar: Ajakos medve
日本語: ナマケグマ
polski: Wargacz
português: Urso-beiçudo
Türkçe: Tembel ayı
українська: Ведмідь-губач