Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791

Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791, Nat. Misc., 2: (unpaginated) pl. 58.

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

Synonyms: Melursus ursinus subsp. labiatus (de Blainville 1817); Melursus ursinus subsp. longirostris (Tiedemann 1820); Melursus ursinus subsp. lybius Meyer 1793; Melursus ursinus subsp. niger (Goldfuss 1809) .