Melursus ursinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ursida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Ursida

Familia: Ursidae
Genus: Melursus
Species: Melursus ursinus
Subspecies: M. u. inornatus – M. u. ursinus

Name

Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791)

Type locality: "Abinteriore Bengala" (Patna, north of the Ganges, Bengal, India (Pocock, 1941))

Synonyms

Melursus lybius Meyer, 1793
Bradypus ursinus Shaw, 1791

References

Melursus ursinus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Nat. Misc., 2 (unpaginated) pl. 58.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: মাটি ভালুক
বাংলা: শ্লথ ভালুক বা কালো ভালুক
Deutsch: Lippenbär
English: Sloth Bear
español: Oso bezudo o labiado
eesti: Huulkaru
français: Ours lippu
magyar: Ajakos medve
íslenska: Letibjörn
日本語: ナマケグマ
polski: Wargacz
português: Urso-beiçudo
русский: Губач
தமிழ்: கரடி
Türkçe: Tembel ayı
українська: Ведмідь-губач