Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 (sun bear)

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, Ursus (Euarctos) vitabilis, Euarctos optimus, Euarctos minimus, Thalassarctos jenaensis, Thalassarctos labradorensis, Thalassarctos spitzbergensis, Thalassarctos eogroenlandicus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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