| Author: | Shaw, 1791. |
| Citation: | Nat. Misc., 2: (unpaginated) pl. 58. |
| Common Name: | Sloth Bear |
| Type Locality: | "Abinteriore Bengala"; restricted by Pocock (1941a) as "Patna, north of the Ganges, Bengal" [India]. |
| Distribution: | India (north to the Indian desert and to the foothills of the Himalayas), Sri Lanka. |
| Status: | CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable. |
| Comments: | Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1941a). |
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