Helarctos malayanus (Raffles, 1821) . Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13:254.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Sumatra " [Indonesia] .

DISTRIBUTION: Burma, China (Yunnan and Szechwan), India, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo), Laos, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: anmamiticus Heude, 1901; euryspilus Horsfield, 1825; wardi Lydekker, 1906.