Helarctos malayanus

(Raffles, 1821)

Sun Bear

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Ursoidea
Family : Ursidae
Subfamily : Ursinae
Genus : Helarctos

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Raffles, S. 1821-06-21. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of those countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):239-274.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754997

Original name as described

Ursus Malayanus

Other common names

Malayan Sun Bear · Dog Bear · Honey Bear

Type locality

[presented orally in 1820, often incorrectly ascribed as 1821], Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · India · China? · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005932

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Helarctos annamiticus

Heude, 1901

Family

Ursidae

Root name

annamiticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ H. 1039

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus malayanus wardi

(Lydekker, 1907)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4b0c9ba-f1a7-49cc-94c3-cbd35dcf314d

Authority page

999

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208784

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Helarctos euryspilus

Horsfield, 1825

Family

Ursidae

Root name

euryspilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27490578

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Smith (1842:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Ursus malajanus

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

malajanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523731

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Ursus euryspilus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

euryspilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207602

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Ursus malaianus

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

malaianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Helarctos malayanus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Ursidae

Root name

malayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:250, 251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9760/123798233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Helarctos malayanus euryspilus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

euryspilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Helarctos malayanus malayanus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

malayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Helarctos malayanus anmamiticus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Ursidae

Root name

anmamiticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Ursus Malayanus

(Raffles, 1821)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

malayanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754997

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Fischer (1829:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Blyth (1853:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  4. Blyth (1863:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Ward (1910:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Ursus praemalayanus

(von Koenigswald, 1935)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

praemalayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

876

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

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