Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Melursus Meyer 1793 Melursus Meyer 1793 , Zool. Entdeck.: 155-160 . Type Species: Melursus lybius Meyer 1793 Synonyms: Arceus Goldfuss 1809 ; Chondrorhynchus Fischer de Waldheim 1814 ; Prochilus Illiger 1811 ; Prochylus Gray 1821 . Species and subspecies: 1 species with 2 subspecies: Species Melursus ursinus (Shaw 1791) Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. ursinus Shaw 1791 Subspecies Melursus ursinus subsp. inornatus Pucheran 1855 Discussion: Revised by Pocock (1932 b ) . See comments under Helarctos concerning the relationship between these taxa. Synonyms allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997) .