A wheel bearing unit having two mirror-symmetrically arranged tapered roller bearings (02), each having one inner ring (04) and one outer ring (03). The tapered roller bearings are connected via the inner rings. The wheel bearing unit includes an inner intermediate ring (08) and an outer intermediate ring (07), each of which are arranged in the axial direction between the inner rings or between the outer rings of the tapered roller bearing. The wheel bearing unit is connected via a latching connection (16, 17) between the inner rings and the inner intermediate ring.