Melursus Meyer 1793

Melursus Meyer 1793, Zool. Entdeck.: 155-160.

Type Species: Melursus lybius Meyer 1793

Synonyms: Arceus Goldfuss 1809; Chondrorhynchus Fischer de Waldheim 1814; Prochilus Illiger 1811; Prochylus Gray 1821 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)

Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791

Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. inornatus Pucheran 1855

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1932 b). See comments under Helarctos concerning the relationship between these taxa. Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).