Melursus Meyer 1793

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 587

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scientific name	Melursus Meyer 1793
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Melursus Meyer 1793 View in CoL

Melursus Meyer 1793 View in CoL , Zool. Entdeck.: 155-160.

Type Species: Melursus lybius Meyer 1793

Synonyms: Arceus Goldfuss 1809 ; Chondrorhynchus Fischer de Waldheim 1814 ; Prochilus Illiger 1811 ; Prochylus Gray 1821 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)

Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791

Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. inornatus Pucheran 1855

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1932 b). See comments under Helarctos concerning the relationship between these taxa. Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
SubOrder	Caniformia
Family	Ursidae

Melursus Meyer 1793

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Melursus

Meyer 1793: 155-160

1793

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