Sloth Bear
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Beruang Sloth yang terkurung di Taman Zoologi Kebangsaan Smithsonian, Washington, DC.
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Genus:
Melursus
Spesies:
M. ursinus
Nama binomial
Melursus ursinus
(Shaw, 1791)
Sinonim
  • Melursus lybius Meyer, 1793
  • Bradypus ursinus Shaw, 1791

Beruang Sloth (Melursus ursinus) ialah satu spesies beruang arboreal, nokturnal dan insektivora yang berasal dari subbenua India.

Penamaan dan etimologi

Initially thought to be related to the South American sloths, Shaw and Nodder in 1791 called it Bradypus ursinus noting that it was bear-like but giving weight to the long claws and the absence of upper middle incisors. Meyer (1793) identified it as a bear and called it Melursus lybius and in 1817, de Blainville called it Ursus labiatus because of the long lips. Iliger called it Prochilus hirsutus, the Greek genus name indicating long lips while the specific name noted its long and coarse hair. Fischer called it Chondrorhynchus hirsutus while Tiedemann called it Ursus longirostris.[2]

Local names

Rujukan

  1. ^ Garshelis, D.L., Ratnayeke S. & Chauhan, N.P.S. (2008). "Melursus ursinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Diakses tanggal 26 January 2009. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A2cd+4cd, C1 v3.1)
  2. ^ Owen, R (1833). "The Labiated Bear". The Zoological Magazine. Number 3: 81–85. 
  3. ^ Lompat ke: a b c d e f g h i j k US.Archive.org, Sterndale's Mammalia of India, A New and Abridged Edition, thoroughly revised and with an Appendix on the Reptilia by Frank Finn, B.A., F.Z.S. Late Deputy Superintendent Indian Museum, Calcutta, 1929
  4. ^ IAR.org.uk[pranala nonaktif]

Pranala luar

  • Field Trip Earth - Field Trip Earth is a conservation education website operated by the North Carolina Zoological Society.
  • Sloth Bear at Animal Diversity Web