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Definition of Genus Melursus
1. Noun. Sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus.
Exact synonyms: Melursus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Ursidae, Ursidae
Member holonyms: Melursus Ursinus, Sloth Bear, Ursus Ursinus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Ursidae, Ursidae
Member holonyms: Melursus Ursinus, Sloth Bear, Ursus Ursinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Melursus
Literary usage of Genus Melursus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... teeth from the narrow orifices of the branches of the trees in which they are
concealed." The next species constitutes the genus Melursus of Meyer or ..."
2. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Genus MELURSUS. 288. Melursus ursinus (Shaw). Sloth Bear. Hab. India. a. Female.
Presented by Lieut. James Howe Mardon, 66th Regt., Nov. 19, 1863. b. ..."
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