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Monotypic taxon: Genus Melursus Meyer, 1793 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: 29o;11f;21g; ‡1f
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Count: 28o;9f;21g; ‡1f
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Count: [**] 15f;125g;282s;1263ss; ‡1g;4s;5ss; †1s
       Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
      Count: [**] 9f;71g;161s;766ss; ‡1g;4s;2ss; †1s
         Family Ursidae Batsch, 1788 - bears
        Count: [*] 5g;8s;43ss
           Genus Melursus Meyer, 1793 [monotypic] - sloth bear
          Count: [*] 1s;2ss
             1 Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791) - sloth bear
            Count: [*] 2ss

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