Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combination: Helarctos malayanus
Synonym: Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield 1826
Belongs to Ursus according to S. Larivière 2001
See also Ewer 1973 and Waits et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Ursus americanus, Ursus arctos, Ursus arvernensis, Ursus boeckhi, Ursus deningeri, Ursus dentrificius, Ursus etruscus, Ursus inopinatus, Ursus japonicus, Ursus kokeni, Ursus maritimus, Ursus praemalayanus, Ursus priscus, Ursus spelaeus, Ursus thibetanus, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Euarctos minimus, Euarctos optimus, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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