Melursus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Melursus
    n 1: sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus
         from Ursus [syn: {Melursus}, {genus Melursus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Melursus \Melursus\ prop. n.
   A genus of mammals including the sloth bears; in some
   classifications not a separate genus from {Ursus}.

   Syn: genus {Melursus}.
        [WordNet 1.5]