Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 587

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scientific name

Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
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Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791) View in CoL

[Bradypus] ursinus Shaw 1791 View in CoL , Nat. Misc., 2: (unpaginated) pl. 58.

Type Locality: "Abinteriore Bengala"; restricted by Pocock (1941 a) as "Patna, north of the Ganges, Bengal" [ India] .

Vernacular Names: Sloth Bear.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791

Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. inornatus Pucheran 1855

Distribution: India (north to the Indian desert and to the foothills of the Himalayas), Sri Lanka.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1941 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Ursidae

Genus

Melursus

Loc

Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Bradypus] ursinus

Shaw 1791: (unpaginated) pl. 58
1791
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