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Helarctos malayanus
(Raffles, 1821)
- sun bear
(mammal)
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Helarctos (Genus) - Malayan sun bear
..Helarctos malayanus (Species) - sun bear
....Helarctos malayanus euryspilus (Subspecies)
....Helarctos malayanus malayanus (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Raffles, 1821:254.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Helarctos
(Genus)
Horsfield, 1825
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Helarctos malayanus malayanus
(Raffles, 1821)
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 2005
: 2 Apr 2013.
[inferred]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Helarctos maylayanus
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Maleise beer
:
broeang
:
honingbeer
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sun bear
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 587.
:
Malayan sun bear
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28 Aug 2026