Helarctos Horsfield 1825

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	Helarctos Horsfield 1825
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Helarctos Horsfield 1825 , Zool. J., 2 (6): 221.

Type Species: Helarctos euryspilus Horsfield 1825

Synonyms: Helarctus Gloger 1841 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Helarctos malayanus ( Raffles 1821)

Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. malayanus Raffles 1821

Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. euryspilus Horsfield 1825

Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1932 b). Van Gelder (1977 b) placed Helarctos in Melursus . Pocock (1941 a) and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) suggested a close relationship between M. ursinus and H. malayanus ; however, this was not supported by Goldman et al. (1989).