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Ursus malayanus (sun bear)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ursidae

Taxonomy

Ursus malayanus was named by Raffles (1821). It is extant.

It was recombined as Helarctos malayanus by Ewer (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

U. bibersoni, U. denigeri, U. ehrenbergi, U. footei, U. gombaszoegensis, U. horribilis, U. ingressus, U. labiatus, U. mediterraneus, U. microdontus, U. namadicus, U. ruscinensis, U. sackdillingensis, U. spelaearctos, U. spelaeous, U. thibetamus, U. thibetanus, U. wenzensis, U. dolinensis

Synonyms

Helarctos euryspilus was named by Horsfield (1826). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ursus malayanus by Larivière (2001).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1821	Ursus malayanus Raffles
1826	Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield p. 221
1973	Helarctos malayanus Ewer
1999	Ursus malayanus Waits et al. p. 90
2001	Ursus malayanus Larivière p. 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria

Rank	Name	Author
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Pancarnivora
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
infraorder	Canoidea	(Simpson 1931)
superfamily	Arctoidea	Flower 1869
—	Ursida
superfamily	Ursoidea	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
family	Ursidae	Gray 1825
subfamily	Ursinae	Swainson 1835
tribe	Ursini
genus	Ursus
species	malayanus	Raffles 1821

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 [sun bear]

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Invalid names: Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield 1826 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available