Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Helarctos Horsfield, 1825 . J. Zool. Lond., 2:221 . REVIEWED BY: S. Wang (SW). COMMENT: Van Gelder, 1977:13, included Helarctos as a synonym of Melursus . Helarctos was considered a subgenus of Ursus by Hall, 1981:947 , and a distinct genus by Corbet and Hill, 1980:94 . ISIS NUMBER: 5301412002002000000.