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 Helarctos malayanus (Raffles 1821) [Ursus] malayanus Raffles 1821 , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 254 . Type Locality: " Sumatra " [ Indonesia ]. Vernacular Names: Sun bear . Subspecies: : Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. malayanus Raffles 1821 Subspecies Helarctos malayanus subsp. euryspilus Horsfield 1825 Distribution: Burma , China ( Yunnan ), India , Indonesia ( Sumatra , Kalimantan ), Kampuchea , Laos , Malaysia , Thailand , Vietnam . Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Data Deficient. Discussion: Reviewed by Fitzgerald and Krausman (2002). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) .