Helarctos Horsfield 1825

Helarctos Horsfield 1825, Zool. J., 2 (6): 221.

Type Species: Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield 1825

Synonyms: Helarctus Gloger 1841 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Helarctos malayanus (Raffles 1821)

Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. malayanus Raffles 1821

Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. euryspilus Horsfield 1825

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1932 b). Van Gelder (1977 b) placed Helarctos in Melursus . Pocock (1941 a) and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) suggested a close relationship between M. ursinus and H. malayanus; however, this was not supported by Goldman et al. (1989).