Melursus ursinus

(G. K. Shaw, 1791)

Sloth Bear

Front view of bear sitting up. Also as Honey Bear|Lip Bear.
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Location:USA, CA, San Diego Co., San Diego ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1986

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 927

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Ursida
Family : Ursidae
Subfamily : Ursinae
Genus : Melursus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1791-02. [Fascicle XIX]. Pp. pl. 56–pl. 59 in Shaw, G.K. 1790-1791. The Naturalist's Miscellany: or, coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature. Vol. 2. Nodder, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44325640

Original name as described

Bradypus ursinus

Other common names

Honey Bear · Lip Bear

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bihar (earlier Bengal), India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005933

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 17 names and synonyms.

Bradypus ursinus

(G. K. Shaw, 1791)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 58 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44325640

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shaw (1800:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  2. Desmarest (1816:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21107533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69419)
  3. Gray (1821:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)

Bradypus pentadactylus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

pentadactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664120

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Melursus Lybius

F. A. A. Meyer, 1793

Family

Ursidae

Root name

lybius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27655057

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Arceus niger

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

302

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498136

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus labiatus

(de Blainville, 1817)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31582972

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

Name usages

  1. Ranzani (1820:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  2. Desmarest (1821:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Griffith (1822:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  4. Cuvier (1824:532, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52173935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68282)
  5. Griffith, Smith & Pidgeon (1825:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33298539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59861)
  6. Lesson (1827:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Fischer (1829:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  8. Sykes (1831:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  9. Ogilby (1839:lxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  10. Blyth (1840:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  11. Wagner (1841:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38215)
  12. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  13. Gistel (1848:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  14. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  15. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  16. Blyth (1852:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  17. Giebel (1855:744, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  18. Blyth (1863:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  19. Murray (1866:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  20. Jerdon (1867:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  21. Stoliczka (1872:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  22. Kelaart (1890:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  23. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Prochilus ursinus

(Hemprich, 1820)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Hemprich (1820:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  2. Gloger (1841:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13515364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59951)

Ursus longirostris

(Tiedemann, 1820)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

longirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Heidelberg

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Schinz (1825:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Prochilus Hirsutus

(Burnett, 1830)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

Burnett (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)

Prochilus Labiatus

(B. H. Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

labiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126979

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1841:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  2. Smith (1842:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Hodgson (1844:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  5. Kelaart (1852:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  6. Fitzinger (1855:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  7. Dallas (1855:486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49123)

Melursus inornatus

Pucheran, 1855

Family

Ursidae

Root name

inornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2281255

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

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