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Ursus malayanus (sun bear)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

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

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Ursus malayanus Raffles
1826Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield p. 221
1973Helarctos malayanus Ewer
1999Ursus malayanus Waits et al. p. 90
2001Ursus malayanus Larivière p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Ursida
superfamilyUrsoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyUrsidaeGray 1825
subfamilyUrsinaeSwainson 1835
tribeUrsini
genusUrsus
speciesmalayanusRaffles 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