Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
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[Bradypus] ursinus Shaw 1791 , Nat. Misc., 2: (unpaginated) pl. 58.
Type Locality: "Abinteriore Bengala"; restricted by Pocock (1941 a) as "Patna, north of the Ganges, Bengal" [ India] .
Vernacular Names: Sloth Bear.
Subspecies: :
Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791
Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. inornatus Pucheran 1855
Distribution: India (north to the Indian desert and to the foothills of the Himalayas), Sri Lanka.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1941 a).
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