Helarctos malayanus (Raffles 1821)

[Ursus] malayanus Raffles 1821, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 254.

Type Locality: " Sumatra " [Indonesia].

Vernacular Names: Sun bear.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. malayanus Raffles 1821

Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. euryspilus Horsfield 1825

Distribution: Burma, China (Yunnan), India, Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan), Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Fitzgerald and Krausman (2002). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).