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Sloth Bear

Melursus Meyer 1793

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melursus Meyer 1793
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Melursus
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Melursus
Recognized by AnAge articles, Kissling et al, 2014, and Furui 2020
Melursus Meyer 1793
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Bradypus ursinus Shaw 1791
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Bradypus Linnaeus, 1758)
Melursus
Harvest ancestor according to Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, Flickr BHL, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

Sloth Bear preferred
Recognized by admin

Finnish

Huulikarhut preferred
Recognized by admin

Japanese

ナマケグマ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Curated hierarchies for Melursus Meyer 1793

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Ursidae
Melursus Meyer 1793 (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Arctotherium Burmeister 1879
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursus Linnaeus 1758

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Melursus Meyer 1793 (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda A. Milne-Edwards 1870
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursus Linnaeus 1758

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Melursus Meyer 1793 (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Arctotherium Burmeister 1879
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursus Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Ursidae
Melursus (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda
Helarctos
Tremarctos
Ursus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Melursus Meyer 1793 (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Arctotherium Burmeister 1879
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursus Linnaeus 1758

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Ursidae
Melursus Meyer 1793 (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870
Amphicynodon Filhol 1882
Arctodus Leidy 1854
Cyonarctos de Bonis 2013
Filholictis de Bonis 2013
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Hyaenarctos Owen 1845
Indarctos Pilgrim 1913
Pararctotherium Ameghino 1904
Phoberocyon Ginsberg 1955
Phoberogale Ginsburg & Morales 1995
Plionarctos Frick 1926
Proarctotherium Ameghino 1904
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursavus Schlosser 1899
Ursus Linnaeus 1758

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Melursus Meyer 1793 (this page)
Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791)
Ailuropoda A. Milne-Edwards 1870
Helarctos Horsfield 1825
Tremarctos Gervais 1855
Ursus Linnaeus 1758

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Caniformia
Ursidae
Melursus (this page)
Melursus ursinus
Ailuropoda
Arctodus
Arctotherium
Helarctos
Tremarctos
Ursus

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Arctoidea
Ursoidea
Ursidae
Ursinae
Melursus (this page)
Melursus ursinus
Ballusia
Helarctos
Ursavini
Ursus
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