Melursus Meyer, 1793 . Zool. Entdeck., p. 155.

TYPE SPECIES: Melursus lybius Meyer, 1793 (= Bradypus ursinus Shaw, 1791), by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).

COMMENTS: Revised by Pocock (1932b). See comments under Helarctos concerning the relationship between these taxa.